First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Hadrosaurs were basically the cows


of the Cretaceous. They would have


been a familiar sight in the forests and


swamps of North America.


What a sight!
Hadrosaurs are
known for having
some of the strangest
heads of all dinosaurs;
many of them had
a crest.

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Hadrosaurs had stiff
tails. It is unlikely these
were swung from side
to side.

Parasaurolophus

Cretaceous cows

Male hadrosaurs
probably had
larger crests
than the females.
Lambeosaurus had a
helmet-like crest.

Tsintaosaurus’ crest may
have been covered in
brightly coloured skin.

Corythosaurus had a
plate-like crest.

All sorts of crests


Those striking crests


came in all sorts of


different shapes.


Can you think of any crested animals today?


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Age of the dinosaurs

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