Edmontosaurus annectens

E364209

Edmontosaurus annectens is a large, late Cretaceous duck-billed hadrosaurid dinosaur known for its broad, flat snout and abundant fossil remains in western North America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Edmontosaurus annectens canonical 6
Edmontosaurus 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hadrosaurid dinosaur
herbivorous dinosaur
ornithopod
age Maastrichtian
bodyLength approximately 9–12 meters
bodyMass approximately 3–4 metric tons
clade Dinosauria
Hadrosauriformes
Ornithischia
Ornithopoda
coexistedWith Anzu wyliei
Triceratops horridus
linked to: Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus rex
linked to: Tyrannosaurus
commonName duck-billed dinosaur
crestPresence lacked large bony cranial crest
describedBy Othniel Charles Marsh
diet herbivorous
eggType hard-shelled eggs (inferred)
extinctionEvent Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
family Hadrosauridae
feedingAdaptation complex chewing motion
fossilSite Frenchman Formation
Hell Creek Formation
Horseshoe Canyon Formation
Lance Formation
Scollard Formation
genus Edmontosaurus
geologicalSetting fluvial floodplain deposits
holotypeRepository Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
jawAdaptation kinetic skull joints
laterCombination Edmontosaurus annectens
livedIn Laramidia
western North America
locomotion facultative biped
quadruped
notableSpecimen “Trachodon mummy” AMNH 5060
originalCombination Claosaurus annectens
reproduction oviparous
skinPreservation mummified skin impressions known
skinTexture scaly integument
snoutShape broad flat snout
socialBehavior likely gregarious
subfamily Saurolophinae
linked to: Hadrosauridae
tailFunction counterbalance for body
taxonRank species
timePeriod Late Cretaceous
toothType dental battery
typeLocality Lance Formation, Wyoming
linked to: Lance Formation
yearDescribed 1892

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hell Creek Formation containsFossil Edmontosaurus annectens
Triceratops coexistedWith Edmontosaurus
linked to: Edmontosaurus annectens
Thescelosaurus neglectus coexistedWith Edmontosaurus annectens
Edmontosaurus annectens genus Edmontosaurus
linked to: Edmontosaurus annectens
Edmontosaurus annectens laterCombination Edmontosaurus annectens
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis coexistedWith Edmontosaurus annectens
Walking with Dinosaurs 3D featuresCreature Edmontosaurus
linked to: Edmontosaurus annectens
Dakotaraptor steini coexistedWith Edmontosaurus annectens
Acheroraptor temertyorum coexistedWith Edmontosaurus annectens
Makoshika State Park containsFossilsOf Edmontosaurus
linked to: Edmontosaurus annectens