Dinosaur
Lambeosaurus
Some young specimens were first mistaken for different dinosaurs because their crests had different shapes.
The crests of young Lambeosaurus once led researchers to mistake them for different dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Lambeosaurus 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 Lambeosaurus
Its name honors paleontologist Lawrence Lambe. The history of the genus includes several revisions of skulls and species, some of which ended up being assigned to other dinosaurs.
Some young specimens were first classified as distinct dinosaurs because of the shape of their crests. Growth changes the shapes of the skull. Comparing individuals of various ages allows us to review old names and distinguish a different species from a juvenile stage.
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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- Lambeosaurus
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- Hadrosauridae
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