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Hadrosaurus: quick facts

Hadrosaurus was the first dinosaur known from a nearlycomplete skeleton. Its beak-shaped snout had no teeth; however, it had batteries of plant-grinding teeth in its jaws.

Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
28 feet (8.5 meters)
Weight
6,000 pounds (2,722 kg)
Family
Hadrosauridae

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