Ornithischia
Brachylophosaurus canadensis
“Elvis” · MOR 794
- Ornithischia
- Neornithischia
- Ornithopoda
- Iguanodontia
- Hadrosauridae
- Saurolophinae
Ornithischia
“Elvis” · MOR 794
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A hadrosaur of the Late Cretaceous of North America, distinguished by a flat, solid, paddle-shaped bony crest over the top of the skull. Brachylophosaurus is known from remarkably well-preserved specimens, including a “mummified” (note: just skin impressions, not a real mummy!) specimen known as Leonardo. From Leonardo we know that a midline row of keratin scutes with a sort of picket-fence look ran down the top of the animal, spaced at approximately one per vertebral spine. Pollen and plant fossils from the interior show it ate plants from solid ground - no swamp-dwelling here.
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