Saurolophus

Pronunciation:
SORE-oh-LOAF-us
Name meaning:
'ridged lizard'
Saurolophus
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
9.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 74-70 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
Mongolia
Saurolophus

© Andrey Atuchin

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae
Named by:
Brown (1912)
Type species:
osborni