Gryposaurus: quick facts
Gryposaurus, a duck-billed dinosaur, is one of the few for whom skin casts have been found. The skin cast reveals itsskin to have been covered with smooth scales less than a quarterof an inch (0.5 cm)
Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
26.2 feet (8 meters)
Family
Hadrosauridae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.