Lophorhothon atopus Lophorhothon

"crested"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lophorhothon 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (80 Mya)
Place
United States
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Lophorhothon is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama, and possibly Georgia and North Carolina. It was the first dinosaur genus discovered in Alabama, in the United States.

What we know

  • Named by Langston, 1960.
  • Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.
  • Fossils found in United States.