Genre
Valide Éteint

Prosaurolophus

Brown 1916
Étymologie Avant le lézard à crête

Prosaurolophus est un genre fossile de dinosaures herbivores « à bec de canard » du sous-ordre des ornithopodes et de la famille des hadrosauridés. Ses fossiles ont été découverts en Amérique du Nord dans le Crétacé supérieur.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
15
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Prosaurolophus
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Exhibit in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This exhibit is old enough so that it is in the public domain, and photography was permitted in the museum. I took this photograph and release it into the public domain. © Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Ornithischia Clade non classé
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Neornithischia Clade non classé
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Pyrodontia Clade non classé
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Cerapoda Clade non classé
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Ornithopoda Sous-ordre
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Iguanodontia Infraordre
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Euiguanodontia Clade non classé
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Dryomorpha Clade non classé
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Ankylopollexia Clade non classé
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Styracosterna Clade non classé
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Hadrosauriformes Clade non classé
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Hadrosauroidea Clade non classé
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Hadrosauridae Famille
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Hadrosaurinae Sous-famille
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Saurolophini Tribu
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Prosaurolophus Genre
Mesures
Longueur
7,6 m ⓘ
9,3 m ⓘ
Prosaurolophus maximus
Masse
3 500 kg ⓘ
Prosaurolophus maximus
Sites de découverte 15 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇦 Canada
12
🇺🇸 États-Unis
3
Formations géologiques
Dinosaur Park
8
Bearpaw Shale
3
Two Medicine
3
Distribution temporelle
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
15
Espèces (2)
Prosaurolophus blackfeetensis subjective synonym of Prosaurolophus maximus 84 Ma
Prosaurolophus maximus 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliographie
Description originale
B. Brown. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(37):701-708
Bibliographie (11)
E. T. Drysdale, F. Therrien, and D. K. Zelenitsky, D. B. Weishampel, D. C. Evans. 2019. Description of juvenile specimens of Prosaurolophus maximus (Hadrosauridae: Saurolophinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of southern Alberta, Canada, reveals ontogenetic changes in crest morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(6):e1547310:1-20 DOI ↗
R. C. McKellar, E. Jones, and M. S. Engel, R. Tappert, A. P. Wolfe, K. Muehlenbachs, P. Cockx, E. B. Koppelhus, P. J. Currie. 2019. A direct association between amber and dinosaur remains provides paleoecological insights. Scientific Reports 9(17916):1-7 DOI ↗
D. C. Evans, C. T. McGarrity, and M. J. Ryan. 2014. A skull of Prosaurolophus maximus from southeastern Alberta and the spatiotemporal distribution of faunal zones in the Dinosaur Park Formation. Hadrosaurs
M. T. Carrano. 2006. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, Museum of the Rockies
D. J. Varricchio. 1993. Taphonomy of Jack's Birthday site, a diverse dinosaur bone bed. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3, suppl.):61A
R. R. Rogers. 1991. Taphonomy of three dinosaur bone beds in the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Northwestern Monana: evidence for drought-related mortality. Palaios 5:394-413 DOI ↗
J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta
P. J. Currie. 1980. Mesozoic vertebrate life in Alberta and British Columbia. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life 1:27-40
C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 DOI ↗
B. Brown. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(37):701-708