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Parasaurolophus: quick facts

Parasaurolophus has been found in Utah, New Mexico, and Alberta, Canada. The remarkable crest of this duck-billed dinosaur was a hollow tube 5 feet (1.5 meters) long that extendedback over the animal'

Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Diet unknown
Length
33 feet (10.1 meters)
Weight
6,000 - 8,000 pounds
Family
Hadrosauridae

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