Pronunciation: KLAY-o-RIN-kuss
Meaning: Broken beak
Author/s: Cope (1892)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Colorado, USA
Discovery Chart Position: #78
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CLAORHYNCHUS
a confusing cerapodan dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 69-68 myaStats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: HerbivoreReferences
• Cope ED (1892) "Fourth note on the Dinosauria of the Laramie". The American Naturalist, 26: 756-758.
• Hatcher JB (1902) "The genus and species of the Trachodontidae (Hadrosauridae, Claosauridae) Marsh". Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 14(1): 377-386.
• Lull RS and Wright NE (1942) "Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of North America". Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 40: 1-242.
• Weishampel DB and Horner JR (1990) "Hadrosauridae". Page 534-561 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: First Edition".
• Glut DF (1997) "Claorhynchus". "Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia".
• Horner JR, Weishampel DB and Forster CA (2004) "Hadrosauridae". Page 438-463 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
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