Pronunciation: LAM-bee-o-SOR-us
Meaning: Lambe's lizard
Author/s: Parks (1923)
Synonyms: See below
First Discovery: Alberta, Canada
Discovery Chart Position: #133
Lambeosaurus lambei
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LAMBEOSAURUS
a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Age range: 76-74 myaStats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: HerbivoreLambeosaurus
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References
References
• Lambe LM (1902) "On Vertebrata of the mid-Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory. 2. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous)". Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, 3: 25-81.
• Lambe LM (1914) "On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon". Ottawa Naturalist, 28: 13-20.
• Parks WA (1923) "Corythosaurus intermedius, a new species of trachodont dinosaur". University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series, 15:1-57.
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