[D] Kritosaurus breviceps
Describer
(Marsh, 1889) Lull & Wright, 1942
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
US
Fall under
Hadrosaurus breviceps
Info
Hadrosaurus breviceps (Marsh, 1889) = Kritosaurus breviceps (Marsh, 1889) Lull & Wright, 1942 = Trachodon breviceps (Marsh, 1889) Marsh, 1896
Fragmentary dentary with teeth.
Hadrosaurus breviceps either belongs in the genus Prosaurolophus or represent a new genus (J.R. Horner pers. comm.)
In 1890 Cope referred it to the species Diclonius pentagonus (Cope, 1876)