Hypacrosaurus

Pronunciation:
hi-pak-roh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'near-topmost lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
9.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 70 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
USA

Complete Hypacrosaurus skeletons have been found, from embryos to adults.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Lambeosaurinae
Named by:
Brown (1913)
Type species:
altispinus