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  2. Hadrosauridae - Wikipedia

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    Among his 1858 work Leidy briefly suggested that the animal was likely amphibious in nature; this school of thought about hadrosaurs would come to be dominant for over a century to come. [5] From the mid 19th century through much of the 20th century, hadrosaurs were considered aquatic animals which subsisted on soft water plants

  3. Timeline of hadrosaur research - Wikipedia

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    The remains studied were found on Vega Island and represent the southernmost known hadrosaur fossils. When the animals were still alive, this site was probably at a latitude of about 65 degrees South. [15] Horner and others studied the histology of Maiasaura peeblesorum bones. They found that Maiasaura only took 8–10 years to reach adult body ...

  4. Hadrosaurus - Wikipedia

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    They were large animals ranging from 7 to 8 m (23 to 26 ft) and 2 to 4 t (2.2 to 4.4 short tons). Most of the preserved elements are very robust, unusual traits in hadrosaurs. Hadrosaurus were ponderously built animals equipped with keratinous beaks for cropping foliage and a specialized and complex dentition for food processing.

  5. Researchers work to identify 82 million-year-old dinosaur ...

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    These are huge animals." University of Southern Mississippi graduate student Derek Hoffman works at a site in Mississippi where the 82 million-year-old bones of a dinosaur in the hadrosaur family ...

  6. Parasaurolophus - Wikipedia

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    Parasaurolophus (/ ˌ p ær ə s ɔː ˈ r ɒ l ə f ə s,-ˌ s ɔːr ə ˈ l oʊ f ə s /; meaning "beside crested lizard" in reference to Saurolophus) [2] is a genus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur that lived in what is now western North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 76.9–73.5 million years ago. [3]

  7. Saurolophus - Wikipedia

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    Saurolophus was an important early reference for other hadrosaurs, as seen in the names of Prosaurolophus ("before Saurolophus") and Parasaurolophus ("near Saurolophus"). However, little additional material has been recovered and described. Instead, more abundant remains from Asia have provided more data.

  8. 'I hunt dead things:' Prehistoric fossils hide throughout New ...

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    Many areas of the state exposed now were covered in shallow seas and were home to a variety of prehistoric animals and fauna. Interest in New Jersey's hidden gems goes back over 200 years.

  9. Hadrosauroidea - Wikipedia

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    Hadrosauroidea is a clade or superfamily of ornithischian dinosaurs that includes the "duck-billed" dinosaurs, or Hadrosauridae, and all dinosaurs more closely related to them than to Iguanodon.