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BRACHYLOPHOSAURUS
(brak-e-loe-foe-sore-us)
meaning: "Short crested lizard"
Brachylophosaurus
Named By: Charles M. Sternberg in 1953
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 78 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Oldman Formation. USA, Montana - Judith River Formation
Size: About 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauroidea | Hadrosauridae | Saurolophinae |
Also known as: | Brachylophosaurus goodwini |
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Brachylophosaurus ( bra-KIL-a-fo-SAWR-as or brak-i-LOH-fa-SAWR-as; 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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