LegendaryBrachylophosaurus
Brachylophosaurus canadensis
brak-ee-LOAF-oh-SORE-us· “short-crested lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
9 m
Length
2.5 m
Height
4 t
Weight
A duck-billed dinosaur with a small, flat, paddle-like crest of solid bone. It is famous for exceptional 'dinosaur mummy' fossils — such as the specimen nicknamed 'Leonardo' — that preserve skin and even stomach contents.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~78 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Charles Sternberg, 1953
Did you know?
- Known from superb 'mummified' fossils preserving skin and guts.
- Its flat, bony head crest was solid, not hollow like some hadrosaurs.
- The mummy 'Leonardo' even revealed its last meal of plants.
Artwork: Debivort, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.