Dinosaur
Edmontosaurus
Some fossils preserve large areas of skin impressions and possible remains of food from the gut.
Some Edmontosaurus fossils preserve much more than bones, offering glimpses of skin and even possible food remains.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Edmontosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Hadrosauridae
- Hadrosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Edmontosaurus
It was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs and shared the landscape with Tyrannosaurus. Some of its species were among the largest duck-billed dinosaurs, with specimens measuring more than twelve meters.
Some specimens preserve extensive impressions of skin and possible remains of intestinal contents. These specimens are valuable because the tissues and body contents are often lost. The expression "possible remains" matters: identification also requires verification.
Hadrosaurids had dental batteries for processing vegetation. Some had hollow crests and others lacked them: “duck-billed” does not mean they were ducks or that they all ate the same foods.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Edmontosaurus
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- Hadrosauridae
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