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Saurolophus Saurolophus angustirostris Rozhdestvensky 1952
/sɔːˈrɒləfəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Nemegt
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Saurolophus angustirostris is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Rozhdestvensky 1952. The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Saurolophus angustirostris sits in deep time
Saurolophus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Saurolophus angustirostris'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.