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Hadrosauridae

Tlatolophus galorum

"word crest"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tlatolophus 8 m (26.2 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tlatolophus
Length
8 m (26.2 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (73–72.5 Mya)
Place
Mexico
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Tlatolophus (meaning “word crest”) is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur belonging to the tribe Parasaurolophini that lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mexico. The only species is the type species, Tlatolophus galorum.

What we know

  • Named by Ramírez-Velasco et al., 2021.
  • Body length estimated at about 8 m.
  • Fossils found in Mexico.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tlatolophus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.