Species
Valid Extinct

Prosaurolophus maximus

Brown 1916

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Styracosterna Unranked clade
Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
Hadrosauridae Family
Hadrosaurinae Subfamily
Saurolophini Tribe
Prosaurolophus Genus
Prosaurolophus maximus Species
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
10
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Bearpaw Shale
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
13
Synonyms (1)
Prosaurolophus blackfeetensis subjective synonym of Prosaurolophus maximus
Bibliography
Original description
B. Brown. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(37):701-708
Bibliography (10)
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
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