Gryposaurus
Gryposaurus notabilis
Pronounced:
grip-o-Saw-rus
Diet:
Herbivore(plant-eater)
Name Means:
"Hook-Nosed Lizard"
Length:
33 feet (10 m)
Height:
33 feet (10 m)
Weight:
2 tons (1,800 kilos)
Time:
Late Cretaceous-84 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in North America
Gryposaurus was a
common duck-billed
dinosaur that lived in
what is now western
Canada. It was a large
plant-eater that would
have traveled in herds
while trying to avoid
being eaten by some of
the earliest tyrannosaur
family members.
Since its discovery in 1912,
there has been a great deal of
naming controversy surrounding
Gryposaurus. It seems very closely
related to
Kritosaurus In fact,
species now recognized as
Gryposaurus were once considered a
species of
Kritosaurus There seems to
be a geographical boundary that
separates these genera. |
