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Edmontosaurus
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Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus
( ) is a
genus
of
hadrosaurid
(duck-billed)
dinosaur
. It contains two known
species
:
Edmontosaurus regalis
and
Edmontosaurus annectens
.
Fossils
of
E. regalis
have been found in rocks of western North America that date from the late
Campanian
stage
of the
Cretaceous
Period
73 million years ago, while those of
E. annectens
were found in the same geographic region but in rocks dated to the end of the
Maastrichtian
stage of the Cretaceous, 66 million years ago.
Edmontosaurus
was one of the last non-
avian
dinosaurs, and lived alongside dinosaurs like
Triceratops
and
Tyrannosaurus
shortly before the
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
.
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