NAME

Meaning - Lambeosaurus means “Lambe’s lizard,” named to honor the Canadian paleontologist Lawrence Lambe
Pronounced - LAM-be-o-SAWR-us
Named By - William Arthur Parks
When Named - 1923
DIET

Herbivore (plant-eater), perhaps eating pine needles, conifers, ginkgos, seeds, cycads, twigs, and magnolia leaves.
SIZE

Length - 30-50 feet (9-15 m) long
Height - 7 feet (2.1 m) tall at the hips
Weight - about 5.6 tons
WHEN IT LIVED

Late Cretaceous period, about 80 to 65 million years ago
WHERE IT LIVED

Fossils have been found in western North America, including Montana (USA), Baja California (Mexico), and Alberta (Canada).
FOSSILS

Many fossils have been found in western North America. Lambeosaurus was the first duck-billed dinosaur found in North America. Fossilized skin and hand-prints have been found.
CLASSIFICATION
  • Kingdom Animalia (animals)
  • Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
  • Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
  • Order Ornithischia - bird-hipped dinosaurs
  • Suborder Ornithopoda
  • Infraorder Iguanodontia - having spiked thumbs
  • Superfamily Hadrosauroidea - duck-billed dinosaurs
  • Family Lambeosaurinae - hollow-crested duckbills
  • Genus Lambeosaurus
  • Species L. lambei (type species named by Parks, 1923)
INTERESTING FACTS

Lambeosaurus was a crested, duck-billed dinosaur. Its forward-leaning, hollow, bony crest was as big or bigger than the rest of its skull and may have been used to produce sounds, enhance its sense of smell, and/or add to its courtship display. Lambeosaurus’ nostrils went up through the crest. Its snout was narrow and ended in a beak that was wide and blunt. Lambeosaurus walked and ran on two legs, and was a relatively fast dinosaur. It probably went on all fours to forage for plants.
LINKS

A detailed page on Lambeosaurus.
Lambeosaurus coloring/information printout