Gryposaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Alberta (Canada), Montana and Utah.
Quick facts about Gryposaurus:
- Existed from Santonian Age to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 19 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Gryposaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. L. Titus, J. D. Powell, and E. M. Roberts, S. D. Sampson, S. L. Pollock, J. I. Kirkland, L. B. Albright. 2005. Late Cretaceous stratigraphy, depositional environments, and macrovertebrate paleontology of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah. In J. Pederson & C. M. Dehler (ed.), Interior Western United States. Geological Society of America Field Guide. Geological Society of America. 6:101-128
- C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
- C. M. Sternberg. 1955. A juvenile hadrosaur from the Oldman Formation of Alberta. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 136:120-122
