Hadrosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now the Woodbury Formation in New Jersey about 83.6 to 77.9 million
Hadrosaurus reconstruction
Photograph of the site where the fossils were found (2010)
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins mounted Hadrosaurus (background), the first mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world
Displayed casts of the 35 known bones at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
The Tar Heel Formation, also known as the Coachman Formation in South Carolina, is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States. It preserves fossils, inclu
Hadrosaurus
…in fluvial marine sedimentation, meaning that the corpse of the animal was transported by a river and washed out to sea. Some fossils are found in the Tar Heel/Coachman Formation. They were large animals ranging from 7 to 8 m (23 to 26 ft) in length and 2 to 4 t (2.2 to 4.4 short tons) in weight. Most of the preserved elements…
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