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Dinosaur: Hypacrosaurus altispinus
| Length*: | 10.4 m | 34.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 5.3 t | 11,684 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Brown
Year: 1913
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Horseshoe Canyon
Locations
Sources
Material: Many skeletons and skulls (juvenile to adult).
References: Evans, D. C. (2010). Cranial anatomy and systematics of Hypacrosaurus altispinus, and a comparative analysis of skull growth in lambeosaurine hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithischia).
