Anatomy:
Ø
Slow moving
Ø
keen senses
(eyesight, hearing, and smell)
Ø
duck
billed
Ø
short arms
Ø
long, pointed tail
Ø
three-toed, hoofed feet
Ø
mitten-like hands
Ø flat
and sloping head
Ø
wide and toothless beak
Ø
hundreds
of closely-packed cheek teeth
Ø
leathery
skin
Ø
loose
skin around its nose area
Size:
|
|
size |
|
|
Length |
42 ft
(13 m) long |
|
Height |
10 ft (3
m) |
|
weight |
3-3.5
tons |
|
|
|
|
Meaning and pronunciation:
|
|
EDMONTOSAURUS |
|
|
Meaning |
Edmonton
Lizard |
|
pronounced |
ed-MON-to-SAWR-us |
Diet:
|
|
DIET |
|
|
CARNIVORE |
|
|
HERBIVORE |
*** |
|
Low-lying plants like cycads, conifers, and ginkgos. |
Intelligence:
|
intelligence |
|
Very
high |
|
|
High |
|
|
Mid |
*** |
|
low |
|
|
Very
low |
|
Behavior:
|
Traveling
|
In
herds |
|
Offspring |
Hatchling |
Locomotion:
|
|
Biped |
Quadruped |
|
Running |
|
|
|
Walking |
|
*** |
Period of life:
|
ERA |
PERIOD |
EPOCH |
MILLIONS YEARS AGO |
|
Mesozoic |
Cretaceous
|
LATE |
73-65
|
Discovery of fossil:
Its fossils have been found in
western North America, including Montana, USA, and Alberta,
Canada.
Classification:
|
|
classification |
|
|
FAMILY |
Hadrosauridae |
|
INFRAORDER |
Iguanodontia |
|
SUBORDER |
Ornithopoda |
|
ORDER |
Ornithischia |
