Saurolophus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids SaurolophusTemporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Saurolophus
Brown, 1912
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Saurolophus was a duck-billed dinosaur. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 69.5-68.5 million years ago, toward the end of the Mesozoic Era.
Saurolophus had a 5 inch (13 cm) long bony spike extending up from its forehead. There is speculation that this spike was attached to a flap of skin that covered the nostrils and could be blown up for displays and noise-making. Many Saurolophus fossils have been found, including one with fossilized skin impressions, in Alberta, Canada and Mongolia, China.
Images for kids
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Photo from the excavation of S. osborni in 1911
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A photograph of the panel mount of the holotype of S. osborni, from Barnum Brown, 1913
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Skulls in Moscow Paleontological Museum
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Diagram with labelled skulls of S. angustirostris (A) and S. osborni (B)
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Skull of the holotype specimen of S. osborni
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Skull of S. angustirostris
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Cranial ontogeny of S. angustirostris
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Left humerus of S. angustirostris MPC-D 100/764, showing multiple bite marks
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Restoration of a S. angustirostris herd in their native Nemegt Formation alongside a Homalocephale pair
See also
In Spanish: Saurolophus para niños
