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LOPHORHOTHON
(lo-for-rho-fon)
Lophorhothon
Named By: W. Langston in 1960
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, ~80 Ma
Location: USA, Alabama - Mooreville Chalk Formation, Carolina - Black Creek Formation
Size: Holotype roughly estimated at about 4.5 meters
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauroidea |
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Lophorhothon (Langston, 1960) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the first genus of dinosaur discovered in Alabama, in the United States.

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