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Dino Fact File #51 - Anatotitan

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Distribution: Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado, USA, and Saskatchewan, Canada
Classification: Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Saurolophinae
Meaning of name: "giant duck" (scientific name means "connected Edmonton lizard")
Named by: Ralph Chapman and Michael Brett-Surman, 1990
Time: Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous
Size: 12 to 15 meters (39 to 49 feet)
Lifestyle: Browser
Scientific name: Edmontosaurus annectens

Sometimes called "Anatosaurus", Anatotitan is known from many good skeletons and skulls. It rested on all fours, but walked on its back legs with three hoof-like toes supporting its weight. It was one of the last non-avian dinosaur species to have existed before the K-Pg extinction event.

--- The Computer Dinosaurs ---

Species number: 51
Story arc: 10
Episode: 53
Other information: Though their scientific name is Edmontosaurus annectens, meaning they are members of the genus Edmontosaurus, they prefer to call themselves by their older name "Anatotitan", which used to be the genus name of their species until they were renamed in 2012. (Think about how we commonly think of dogs [Canis lupus familiaris] as their own species even though technically they are subspecies of wolves [Canis lupus])

Description
The Computer Dinosaurs

Dino Fact File #51 - Anatotitan

--- Real World ---

Distribution: Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado, USA, and Saskatchewan, Canada
Classification: Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Saurolophinae
Meaning of name: "giant duck" (scientific name means "connected Edmonton lizard")
Named by: Ralph Chapman and Michael Brett-Surman, 1990
Time: Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous
Size: 12 to 15 meters (39 to 49 feet)
Lifestyle: Browser
Scientific name: Edmontosaurus annectens

Sometimes called "Anatosaurus", Anatotitan is known from many good skeletons and skulls. It rested on all fours, but walked on its back legs with three hoof-like toes supporting its weight. It was one of the last non-avian dinosaur species to have existed before the K-Pg extinction event.

--- The Computer Dinosaurs ---

Species number: 51
Story arc: 10
Episode: 53
Other information: Though their scientific name is Edmontosaurus annectens, meaning they are members of the genus Edmontosaurus, they prefer to call themselves by their older name "Anatotitan", which used to be the genus name of their species until they were renamed in 2012. (Think about how we commonly think of dogs [Canis lupus familiaris] as their own species even though technically they are subspecies of wolves [Canis lupus])