Dinosaur
Hypacrosaurus
Its two species were described more than eighty years apart, in 1913 and 1994.
Hypacrosaurus bore a tall, hollow crest reminiscent of that of Corythosaurus.
Three stages. One companion.
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Hypacrosaurus 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
- Montana, Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Hypacrosaurus
It had a tall, hollow, rounded crest, similar to that of Corythosaurus. Two species are known that allow us to study changes within this lineage of hadrosaurids.
Its two species were described more than 80 years apart, in 1913 and 1994. Comparing them reveals differences within the lineage and shows how later discoveries can expand a long-established scientific story.
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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- Hadrosauridae
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