Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus lambei
Pronounced: Lam - bee - o- Saw - rus
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Lambe Lizard"
Length: 43 feet (13 m)
Height: 16 feet (5 m)
Weight: 3 tons (2,700 kilos)
Time: Late Cretaceous - 77 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Western
North America
Lambeosaurus
was a large
duck-billed,
plant-eating
hadrosaur that
grew a little
bigger than most
of the
meat-eaters of
its time. It
walked on all
four legs much
of the time, but
it could also
stand easily on
its hind legs,
as they were
much larger than
its front legs.
Like other
members of its
family, it had a
lot of teeth
packed into its
cheeks - some
had over 1,000!
It also had a
distinctive
crest on top of
its head that
pointed forward
and seems to
have varied by
animal.
Hadrosaurs were among the most common herbivores of the late Cretaceous. Like other hadrosaurs, it had a beak that was covered with a horny sheath. Lambeosaurus was found as early as 1889, but was not recognized until 1924 as a separate genus. All species had a distinctive, hollow hatchet shaped crest - L. lambei also had a short spike that projected back from the crest. |
