Species
Valid Extinct

Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus

Ostrom 1961

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Lambeosaurinae Subfamily
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Parasaurolophini Tribe
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Parasaurolophus Genus
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Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Fruitland
2
Kaiparowits
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
J. H. Ostrom. 1961. A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):575-577
Bibliography (3)
T. A. Gates, D. C. Evans, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2021. Description and rediagnosis of the crested hadrosaurid (Ornithopoda) dinosaur Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus on the basis of new cranial remains. PeerJ 9:e10669:1-35 DOI ↗
T. E. Williamson and R. M. Sullivan. 1997. Reinterpretation of a Parasaurolophus skull from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation, Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3, suppl.):84A
J. H. Ostrom. 1961. A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):575-577