Edmontosaurus
PeriodLate Cretaceous (73-66 Ma)
DietHerbivore
Length12 m
Weight4,000 kg
LocationNorth America
ClassificationOrnithopoda
About Edmontosaurus
One of the largest duck billed dinosaurs. A mummified specimen nicknamed Dakota preserved skin, tendon and possible evidence of a fleshy back crest. A fossil skull shows a healed tyrannosaur bite. Ranged right up to the final days of the Cretaceous.
Size
12 m longArgentinosaurus: 35 m
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