Hadrosaurus facts for kids
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| Reconstructed skeleton, Academy of Natural Sciences | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hadrosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Hadrosaurus Leidy, 1858 |
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| †Hadrosaurus foulkii Leidy, 1858
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Hadrosaurus (Hadrosaurus foulkii) was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous period. Is the only species in its genus and is the official state dinosaur of New Jersey.
The name is dubious because no skull has been found to distinguish it from near relatives.
Images for kids
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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' mounted Hadrosaurus, the first mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world
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Photograph of the site where the fossils were found (2010)
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Plates from Leidy's description
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Displayed casts of the 35 known bones at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
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Cranial and postcranial elements from the holotype
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Life restoration
See also
In Spanish: Hadrosaurus foulkii para niños
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