EasyParasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus walkeri
pa-ra-saw-ROL-off-us· “near crested lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
9.5 m
Length
3 m
Height
2.5 t
Weight
A duck-billed dinosaur with a long, curved tube of bone sweeping back from its head. The hollow crest worked like a trombone, letting it make deep honking calls across the herd.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~76–73 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
William Parks, 1922
Did you know?
- Scientists have recreated its call with computer models — a low foghorn sound.
- The crest could be over 1 metre long.
- It could walk on two legs or four.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.