Hadrosaurus

Late Cretaceous (80-73 Ma)HerbivoreOrnithopoda

PeriodLate Cretaceous (80-73 Ma)

DietHerbivore

Length8 m

Weight3,000 kg

LocationNew Jersey, USA

ClassificationOrnithopoda

About Hadrosaurus

The first dinosaur skeleton ever mounted for public display, unveiled in Philadelphia in 1868. Its study proved that some dinosaurs walked on two legs, changing early reconstructions forever. Discovered in a New Jersey marl pit in 1858. Frustratingly, its skull has never been found.

Size

8 m longArgentinosaurus: 35 m

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