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Hadrosauridae

Hadrosauridae

Overview

Hadrosauridae Cope, 1869

Common Name: Hadrosaurs, Duck-billed dinosaurs

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Hadrosaurs had very well developed jaws and were master chewers. Their teeth, sometimes referred to as dental batteries, were continuously replaced because of their relentless chewing.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Herbivores

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Fastovsky, D. and Weishampel, D. B. 2012. Dinosaurs: A concise natural history, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, New York. 408 p. 


Genera of Hadrosauridae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway