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Brachylophosaurus

Brachylophosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 78 Ma
Roberta Brachylophosaurus.jpg
Fossil nicknamed Roberta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Cerapoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Saurolophinae
Tribe: Brachylophosaurini
Genus: Brachylophosaurus
Sternberg, 1953
Species
  • B. canadensis Sternberg, 1953 (type)

Brachylophosaurus (/brəˌkɪləfˈsɔːrəs/ brə-KIL-ə-fo-SAWR-əs or /ˌbrækiˌlfəˈsɔːrəs/ brak-i-LOH-fə-SAWR-əs; meaning "short-crested lizard", Greek brachys = short + lophos = crest + sauros = lizard, referring to its small crest) was a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs. It is known from several skeletons and bonebed material from the Judith River Formation of Montana and the Oldman Formation of Alberta, living about 78 million years ago.


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