Species
Valid Extinct

Brachylophosaurus canadensis

Sternberg 1953

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
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
Brachylophosaurini Unranked clade
Brachylophosaurus Genus
Brachylophosaurus canadensis Species
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Geological formations
Oldman
2
Claggett
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
8
Synonyms (1)
Brachylophosaurus goodwini subjective synonym of Brachylophosaurus canadensis
Bibliography
Original description
C. M. Sternberg. 1953. A mew hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: discussion of nomenclature. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 128:1-12
Bibliography (7)
N. L. Murphy, K. Carpenter, and D. Trexler. 2013. New evidence for predation by a large tyrannosaurid. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology
N. L. Murphy, D. Trexler, and M. Thompson. 2002. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a mummified ornithopod dinosaur from the Campanian Judith River Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):91A
J. R. Horner, J. G. Schmitt, and F. Jackson, R. Hanna. 2001. Bones and rocks of the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine-Judith River clastic wedge complex, Montana. In C. L. Hill (ed), Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 61st Annual Meeting, Bozeman. Guidebook for the Field Trips: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontology in the Western Plains and Rocky Mountains, Museum of the Rockies Occasional Paper 3:3-13
M. J. Ryan and A. P. Russell. 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves). Mesozoic Vertebrate Life
A. Prieto-Marquéz. 2000. On the postcrania of Brachylophosaurus goodwini (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda): implications for hadrosaur morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):63A
J. R. Horner. 1988. A new hadrosaur (Reptilia, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):314-321 DOI ↗
C. M. Sternberg. 1953. A mew hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta: discussion of nomenclature. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 128:1-12