LegendaryCharonosaurus
Charonosaurus jiayinensis
kah-ROH-no-SORE-us· “Charon's lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
10 m
Length
3.5 m
Height
5 t
Weight
A giant crested duck-bill from the China–Russia border with a long, backward-sweeping hollow tube crest like Parasaurolophus, probably used to trumpet calls across the herd.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Pascal Godefroit, 2000
Did you know?
- Wore a long, hollow tube crest much like Parasaurolophus.
- The crest likely amplified deep, trumpeting calls.
- Named after Charon, ferryman of the dead, for its river-border fossils.
Artwork: Connor Ashbridge, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.