Species
Valid Extinct

Hypacrosaurus altispinus

Brown 1913

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
16
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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Corythosaurini Tribe
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Hypacrosaurus Genus
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Hypacrosaurus altispinus Species
Fossil sites 16 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
16
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
10
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
6
Synonyms (1)
Cheneosaurus tolmanensis subjective synonym of Hypacrosaurus altispinus
Bibliography
Original description
B. Brown. 1913. A new trachodont dinosaur, Hypacrosaurus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32(20):395-406
Bibliography (6)
K. S. Brink, D. K. Zelenitsky, and D. C. Evans, J. R. Horner, F. Therrien. 2014. Cranial morphology and variation in Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae). Hadrosaurs
D. W. Larson, D. B. Brinkman, and P. R. Bell. 2010. Faunal assemblages from the upper Horseshoe Canyon Formation, an early Maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from Alberta, with special reference to the Albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebed. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1159-1181 DOI ↗
R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 DOI ↗
C. W. Gilmore. 1924. On the skull and skeleton of Hypacrosaurus, a helmet-crested dinosaur from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43):48-64 DOI ↗
L. M. Lambe. 1917. On Cheneosaurus tolmanensis, a new genus and species of trachodont dinosaur from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. The Ottawa Naturalist 30(10):117-123
B. Brown. 1913. A new trachodont dinosaur, Hypacrosaurus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32(20):395-406