Anatotitan
Anatotitan copei
Pronounced:
an - At - o - Tie - tin
Diet:
Herbivore (plant eater)
Name Means:
"Duck Titan"
Length: 33
feet (10 m)
Height: 14
feet (4 m)
Weight: 2
tons (1,900 kilos)
Time: Late
Cretaceous - 67 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Western United
States
Anatotitan is a lesser-known member of the
duck-billed dinosaur family that lived in last
part of the age of dinosaurs. It was a typical
member of this plant-eating family, with a
large, broad duck-shaped bill that contained
hundreds of teeth.
The type specimen was discovered in 1876 and
named after famed collector Edward
Drinker Cope, who organized many
dinosaur-hunting expeditions in the late 19th
century. One other member of the genus is known
- A. longiceps, and both are mounted in the
American Museum of Natural History. Like other
hadrosaurs, Anatotitan was most likely a
herd-dwelling animal. |
