Hadrosauridae - Wikipedia
WEBHadrosaurids (from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós) 'stout, thick' and σαύρα (saúra) 'lizard'), or duck-billed dinosaurs, are members of the ornithischian family Hadrosauridae. This group is known as the duck-billed dinosaurs for the flat duck-bill …
13 Types of Duck-billed Dinosaurs That You Should Know
WEBJan 13, 2024 · Duck-billed Dinosaurs were one of the most prevalent herbivores (Plant-eating Dinosaurs) during the Late Cretaceous era in Asia and North America, and also in the tail-end of several lineages in the Cretaceous period scattered into Africa, Antarctica, Europe, and South America.
Pictures and Profiles of Duck-Billed Dinosaurs - ThoughtCo
WEBFeb 1, 2019 · Hadrosaurs, also known as duck-billed dinosaurs, were the most common plant-eating animals of the later Mesozoic Era. On the following slides, you'll find pictures and detailed profiles of over 50 duck-billed dinosaurs, ranging from A (Amurosaurus) to A (Zhuchengosaurus).
Hadrosaurs: The Duck-Billed Dinosaurs - ThoughtCo
WEBDec 31, 2018 · Most duck-billed dinosaurs, including Anatotitan and Hypacrosaurus, weighed in the neighborhood of a few tons, but a few, like Shantungosaurus, attained truly enormous sizes--about 20 tons, or ten times as big as a modern elephant!
Hadrosaur | dinosaur | Britannica
WEBThe hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs, received their name from their broad, flattened, elongated snouts and their toothless beaks. Their sets of grinding teeth and cheek pouches were extremely well adapted to browsing on vegetation.
Lambeosaurus | Hadrosaurid, Late Cretaceous, Ornithopod
WEBLambeosaurus, (genus Lambeosaurus), duck-billed dinosaur (hadrosaur) notable for the hatchet-shaped hollow bony crest on top of its skull. Fossils of this herbivore date to the Late Cretaceous Period (99.6 million to 65.5 million years old) of North America.
Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the
WEBJun 16, 2023 · Here, we present the first species of a duck-billed dinosaur from a subantarctic region, Gonkoken nanoi, of early Maastrichtian age in Magallanes, Chile. Unlike duckbills further north in Patagonia, Gonkoken descends from North American forms diverging shortly before the origin of Hadrosauridae.
Hadrosaurus: The Duck-Billed Dinosaur That Made History - ZME …
WEBSep 6, 2023 · Hadrosaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 80 million years ago. It belongs to the family of duck-billed dinosaurs, known as hadrosaurids.
Hadrosaurus, the First Identified Duck-Billed Dinosaur
WEBMay 6, 2019 · It was the first near-complete dinosaur fossil ever to be discovered in North America (in 1858, in Haddonfield, New Jersey, of all places), and in 1868, the Hadrosaurus at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences was the first dinosaur skeleton ever to be displayed to the general public.
Maiasaura | Herbivorous, Nesting, Cretaceous | Britannica
WEBMaiasaura, (genus Maiasaura), duck-billed dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) found as fossils from the Late Cretaceous Period (about 100 million to 65.5 million years old) of North America and whose discovery led to the theory that these bipedal herbivores cared for their young.