info on a parasaurolophus?

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can any1 give me lots of info on a prasaurolophus
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Answer 1

Parasaurolophus was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period (about 76-65 million years ago) of what is now North America. Its name means 'near crested lizard', which refers to another hadrosaurid, Saurolophus, discovered before Parasaurolophus. Parasaurolophus were about 10 m (33 ft) long, 5 m (16 ft) high and weighed around 3500 kg (7,700 lb). Like other hadrosaurs, they were facultatively bipedal, i.e. they could alternate between two legs and four, probably preferring a quadrupedal gait while they foraged for food and assuming a bipedal mode for faster running.


Parasaurolophus skull - Natural History Museum, London.Their most noticeable feature would have been the six-foot long curved crest, protruding from the rear of the head, often longer in males than in females. This hollow crest was probably used for intraspecific communication by both males and females and for display by the males. Many scientists also think the crest gave Parasaurolophus an excellent sense of smell. Parasaurolophus is often depicted with a flap of skin running from the bottom of the crest to the base of the neck, though there is no evidence of this. There were about three species but two of them are known only by incomplete remains. The best known species is Parasaurolophus walkeri.

Parasaurolophus probably lived in large herds and inhabited flood plains. They were herbivores but they were not, as was once thought, aquatic. They were fully terrestrial animals, as evidenced by footprints. They could possibly swim but they lived their entire lives on land. Parasaurolophus may have been prey for large carnivorous theropods, such as Daspletosaurus.

Fossils of Parasaurolophus have been found across North America and a complete skeleton was found in Canada.

Answer 2

arasaurolophus was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period (about 76-65 million years ago) of what is now North America. Its name means 'near crested lizard', which refers to another hadrosaurid, Saurolophus, discovered before Parasaurolophus. Parasaurolophus were about 10 m (33 ft) long, 5 m (16 ft) high and weighed around 3500 kg (7,700 lb). Like other hadrosaurs, they were facultatively bipedal, i.e. they could alternate between two legs and four, probably preferring a quadrupedal gait while they foraged for food and assuming a bipedal mode for faster running.

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science have collaborated to recreate the sound a dinosaur made 75 million years ago.

Parasaurolophus grew to be about 40 ft (12 m) long and 8 feet (2.8 m) tall at the hips. It weighed about 2 tons. It had pebbly-textured skin, a spoon-shaped beak, and a pointy tail. It may have had webbed fingers, giving it a mitten-like hand, but some paleontologists argue that the web-like fossilized hands are an artifact of the fossilization process. Its sight and hearing were keen, but it had no natural defenses. It had a toothless, horny beak and numerous cheek teeth.

CLASSIFICATION
Parasaurolophus belonged to the:

* Kingdom Animalia (animals)
* Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
* Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
* Order Ornithischia - bird-hipped, herbivorous dinosaurs
* Suborder Ornithopoda - bird-footed, beaked, bipedal, herbivorous dinosaurs
* Family Iguanodontidae - the family of large, bipedal, long-toed herbivores with thumb spikes, that included Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus, Probactrosaurus, and others.
* Hadrosauridae - the duck-billed dinosaurs having a toothless beak
* Lambeosaurinae - hollow-crested duck-bills, which also includes Bactrosaurus, Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus, etc..
* Genus Parasaurolophus -the duckbill with the largest crest
* Species: The type species is P. walkeri (Parks, 1922). Other species include: P. cyrtocristatus (Ostrom, 1961) and P. tubicen (Wiman, 1931).

Answer 3

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