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beaked plant-eater
Saurolophus
Say it like this: “saw-ROL-o-fus”
Saurolophus osborni
Saurolophus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada and Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1912 · Brown, B.
- Hip height
- 3.1 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 8.2–13 m · 27–43 ft
- Weight
- 3–11 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada and Mongolia · Horseshoe Canyon
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
The genus Saurolophus dates to 1912, the year B. Brown described it. The name means “lizard crest.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada and Mongolia, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Saurolophus at a length near 8.2–13 m, hips about 3.1 m high, and a body mass around 3–11 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Saurolophus osborni. Other named species include Saurolophus angustirostris.
Other species with this name
- Saurolophus osborni
- Saurolophus angustirostris
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago