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Prosaurolophus: quick facts

Discovered in Alberta, Canada, Prosaurolophus is theearliest known flat-crested hadrosaur. It had a miniature crestthat rose like small knobs above its eyes and ended in a short, backward-pointing spi

Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
26 feet (7.9 meters)
Family
Hadrosauridae

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