Saurolophus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia and North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Ömnögovi (Mongolia), Wyoming and New Mexico.
Quick facts about Saurolophus:
- Existed from 83.6 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 22 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Saurolophus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1952. Novyi predstavitel' utkonosykh dinozavrov iz verkhnemelovykh otlozhenii Mongolii [A new representative of the duck-billed dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 86(2):405-408
- B. Brown. 1913. A new crested dinosaur. The American Museum Journal 13(3):138-144
- B. Brown. 1914. Cretaceous Eocene correlation in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 25:355-380
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