Brachylophosaurus

Pronunciation:
brak-i-lof-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'short-crested lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
7.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 89-88 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae
Named by:
C M Sternberg (1953)
Type species:
canadensis