Protohadros was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Texas and Texas.

Quick facts about Protohadros:

  • Existed from Cenomanian Age to 93.5 million years ago
  • Lived in a terrestrial habitat
  • Was a herbivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists

All the Protohadros illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Protohadros was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • D. J. Main, C. R. Noto, and D. B. Weishampel. 2014. Postcranial anatomy of a basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Woodbine Formation of north Texas. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  • J. J. Head. 1996. A primitive hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Cenomanian of Texas and its implications for hadrosaurian phylogenetic and biogeographic histories. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):40A
  • R. S. Tykoski and A. R. Fiorillo. 2010. An entantiornithine bird from the lower middle Cenomanian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):288-292