Species
Saurolophus angustirostris
Saurolophus angustirostrisSaurolophus angustirostris was a giant duck-billed dinosaur that navigated the lush river systems of Late Cretaceous Mongolia. Exceptional fossils preserve extensive skin impressions showing vertical tail frills alongside a solid, backward-pointing cranial spike that supported soft tissue for visual and acoustic displays. Adults processed tough conifers and riparian vegetation using dense grinding batteries of teeth, switching between quadrupedal browsing and bipedal locomotion.
PrehistoricHerbivoreCrested
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ExtinctConservation statusIUCN Red List categoriesLCNTVUENCREWEXExtinctRed List categories, explained →
Diet & preyConifer foliage, Ferns, Flowering plants
Predators
- Tarbosaurus bataar
ThreatsLarge theropod predation and prehistoric environmental shifts
HabitatsRiparian floodplains and humid river basins
Life span25–35 years
Classification
- FamilyHadrosauridae
- SpeciesSaurolophus angustirostris
Range data is not available yet.
Interaction riskLow
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- Why interaction risk is low
- Safe to observe in museum exhibits and fossil collections.
Responsible observation
- Museum Study: Examine articulated skull casts to trace the backward-pointing solid crest.
- Fossil Ethics: Leave field discoveries undisturbed in situ for licensed paleontologists.
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Close Relative Yuya Tamai from Gifu, Japan / CC BY 2.0 · cc-by
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