Brachylophosaurus Brachylophosaurus canadensis Sternberg 1953
/brəˌkɪləfəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
United States, Canada
Regions
Montana · Alberta
Formations
Oldman · Judith River · Claggett
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Brachylophosaurus canadensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Montana, United States and elsewhere. It was named by Sternberg 1953. The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Brachylophosaurus canadensis sits in deep time
Brachylophosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Brachylophosaurus canadensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.