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QUICK FACTS
 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Also known as:
Not Available
Etymology:
'Near Saurolophus'
Pronunciation:
PAR-a-sawr-OL-oh-fus
DISCOVERY
Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
was discovered by Ostrom in 1961 in the Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA
VITAL STATISTICS
Time Span:
83.5 - 70.6 mya
Length: 8.5 - 10 m Weight: 6 - 7 ton Diet: Herbivore CLASSIFICATION
Class:
Sauropsida
Sub-class:
Diapsida
Super-order:
Dinosauria
Order:
Ornithischia
Sub-order:
Cerapoda
Infra-order:
Ornithopoda
Family:
Hadrosauridae
Genus:
Parasaurolophus
Species:
cyrtocristatus
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Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
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Large plant eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous. One of the most bizarre duck-billed dinosaurs. It had a long tubular crest that curved back for upto 1.8 metres!
A group of palaeontologists studying the system of tubes within the crest have successfully reconstructed the sound that a Parasaurolophus crest could have made.
