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Parasaurolophus
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Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus
( or ; meaning "near crested lizard" in reference to
Saurolophus
) is a
genus
of
ornithopod
dinosaur
that lived in what is now
North America
during the
Late Cretaceous
Period
, about 76.5–66 million years ago. It was a
herbivore
that walked both as a
biped
and a
quadruped
. Three
species
are recognized:
P. walkeri
(the
type species
),
P. tubicen
, and the short-crested
P. cyrtocristatus
. Remains are known from
Alberta
(
Canada
), and
New Mexico
and
Utah
(
USA
). The genus was first described in 1922 by
William Parks
from a
skull
and partial skeleton found in Alberta.
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