Edmontosaurus

Edmontosaurus regalis

Edmontosaurus was a prehistoric dinosaur known for its distinctive features. Scientists study its bones to learn about how dinosaurs lived.

Lebensraum: Mesozoic forests and floodplains

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The Edmontosaurus is a large, duck-billed dinosaur with a broad, flat skull. Its skin was likely scaly or leathery, possibly mottled green or brown to camouflage with lush foliage. Its unique flattened snout made it visually distinct among many other dinosaurs.

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Edmontosaurus

Kategorie

Ancient

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Fossilized skin impressions reveal its bumpy texture from millions of years ago! Wow!

It was one of the very last non-avian dinosaurs to ever exist on Earth! Wow!

Mass graves show hundreds of Edmontosaurus died together! Wow!

Some Edmontosaurus fossils even had preserved stomach contents inside! Wow!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Edmontosaurus has thousands of tiny teeth that help them grind tough plants into a digestible pulp.

Edmontosaurus can use its wide, flat, duck-like bill to efficiently snip and gather large amounts of vegetation.

Edmontosaurus lived in large herds that helped them spot predators and stay safer in numbers.

Maße und Details

Estimated Length: 9-12 m
Estimated Weight: 3000-4000 kg
Era: Mesozoic (Late Cretaceous)
Extinct Millions Years Ago: 66

Ernährung und Fütterung

This gigantic herbivore munched on a wide variety of plants to fuel its massive body.

Hauptnahrung

Conifers
Cycads
Ferns
Flowering Plants
Twigs

Nahrungssuche

Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

T-Rex

Tyrannosaurus rex

Dominant predator, often hunted Edmontosaurus.

eats

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Grazed on leaves and shoots of ancient conifers.

eats

Ancient Cycad

Cycadeoidea marshi

Ate tough leaves from cycad plants.

Merkmale

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

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