Tlatolophus galorum Tlatolophus
"word crest"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tlatolophus 8 m (26.2 ft) long
5 people holding hands
- Length
- 8 m (26.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (73–72.5 Mya)
- Place
- Mexico
- Food
- Herbivore
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.