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Hypacrosaurus Hypacrosaurus altispinus Brown 1913

/hˌaɪpɐkɹəsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Hypacrosaurus altispinus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Brown 1913. The species is represented by 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~47%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Hypacrosaurus altispinus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Hypacrosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Hypacrosaurus altispinus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes langstoni
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predator–prey
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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predator–prey
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia isosceles
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coexisted–with
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia gilmorei
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coexisted–with
Troodon
Troodon formosus
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same–clade
Sektensaurus
Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi
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same–clade
Telmatosaurus
Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
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same–clade
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus regalis
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