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Description
Creation:
Parasaurolophus was created by in a compound on where they spent their early lives being raised by the workers there.
The clones resembled the species Parasaurolophus walkeri but were shorter than the original animal, being 7 meters in length instead of 10 meters. Although the clones are capable of walking on all fours and two legs, it mostly stood upright, nearly dragging its tail, unlike the original. They had three skin variations, beige, greenish, and beige green. Their crests would vary in color as well, with some having black, while others had dark gray crests.
The males are depicted as dark green with the front half of the crest being a dark red with its body bearing a single black stripe. The females have a different color scheme being a lime color with the upper body being a dark green albeit split in the middle.
Behavior:
Parasaurolophus behaves similarly to the other hadrosaurs and is able to socialize and herd with them in normal circumstances. A herd is a necessity for this dinosaur due to their high minimum social requirements. They can otherwise mix well with other herbivorous dinosaurs with large maximum population limits.
Like all other hadrosaurs, Parasaurolophus is vulnerable to predation from most carnivores, meaning that its sole defense against predators is to avoid them.
Paleontology:
Parasaurolophus was discovered in 1920 by a group from the University of Toronto in Alberta, Canada. The name Parasaurolophus means 'Near Crested Lizard', as early paleontologists originally believed this dinosaur was a direct relative of a genus called Saurolophus, though this is no longer accepted.
The dinosaur is known for its distinctive head crest, a point of discussion for many years since the genus was discovered. Some early paleontologists thought, among other theories, that it was used as a defensive weapon or as a way to push branches out of the way as it roamed through dense growth. The most common belief, especially in modern times and for all other crested hadrosaurs, is that the crests were used as an amplifying chamber for communication and for displaying to potential mates.
Parasaurolophus fossils can be found in the Nemegt Formation in Asia despite no specimens of the dinosaur having never been found there. This may be a reference to Saurolophus, which Parasaurolophus' name references, or to Charonosaurus, a large Asian hadrosaurid that greatly resembled Parasaurolophus.
Paleoecology:
Parasaurolophus lived in a warm, swampy environment with lots of rivers and floodplains, alongside other dinosaurs such as the hadrosaur Corythosaurus, the ceratopsians Chasmosaurus, Pentaceratops, and Centrosaurus, the ornithomimid Struthiomimus, the armored Ankylosaurus and Edmontonia, as well as the tyrannosaurid Albertosaurus.
•Diet: Herbivore 🌿
•Era: Late Cretaceous (76.5 - 73 Million Years Ago)
•Family: Hadrosauridae
•Dig Sites: Dinosaur Park Formation; Kirtland Formation; Nemegt Formation
•Height: 3.67 meters (12 feet)
•Length: 9.80 meters (32.2 feet)
•Weight: 2,267.5 kilograms (2.5 tons)
•Population: 14 individuals
•Range: Araucaria Region (Chile, South America)
•Birth Type: Egg
•Date: January 27th, 2021 2:28 A.M.
•Size: 109.74 KB
•Resolution: 960 x 720
•Digital Width: 3200 px
•Digital Height: 2400 px
Parasaurolophus was created by in a compound on where they spent their early lives being raised by the workers there.
The clones resembled the species Parasaurolophus walkeri but were shorter than the original animal, being 7 meters in length instead of 10 meters. Although the clones are capable of walking on all fours and two legs, it mostly stood upright, nearly dragging its tail, unlike the original. They had three skin variations, beige, greenish, and beige green. Their crests would vary in color as well, with some having black, while others had dark gray crests.
The males are depicted as dark green with the front half of the crest being a dark red with its body bearing a single black stripe. The females have a different color scheme being a lime color with the upper body being a dark green albeit split in the middle.
Behavior:
Parasaurolophus behaves similarly to the other hadrosaurs and is able to socialize and herd with them in normal circumstances. A herd is a necessity for this dinosaur due to their high minimum social requirements. They can otherwise mix well with other herbivorous dinosaurs with large maximum population limits.
Like all other hadrosaurs, Parasaurolophus is vulnerable to predation from most carnivores, meaning that its sole defense against predators is to avoid them.
Paleontology:
Parasaurolophus was discovered in 1920 by a group from the University of Toronto in Alberta, Canada. The name Parasaurolophus means 'Near Crested Lizard', as early paleontologists originally believed this dinosaur was a direct relative of a genus called Saurolophus, though this is no longer accepted.
The dinosaur is known for its distinctive head crest, a point of discussion for many years since the genus was discovered. Some early paleontologists thought, among other theories, that it was used as a defensive weapon or as a way to push branches out of the way as it roamed through dense growth. The most common belief, especially in modern times and for all other crested hadrosaurs, is that the crests were used as an amplifying chamber for communication and for displaying to potential mates.
Parasaurolophus fossils can be found in the Nemegt Formation in Asia despite no specimens of the dinosaur having never been found there. This may be a reference to Saurolophus, which Parasaurolophus' name references, or to Charonosaurus, a large Asian hadrosaurid that greatly resembled Parasaurolophus.
Paleoecology:
Parasaurolophus lived in a warm, swampy environment with lots of rivers and floodplains, alongside other dinosaurs such as the hadrosaur Corythosaurus, the ceratopsians Chasmosaurus, Pentaceratops, and Centrosaurus, the ornithomimid Struthiomimus, the armored Ankylosaurus and Edmontonia, as well as the tyrannosaurid Albertosaurus.
•Diet: Herbivore 🌿
•Era: Late Cretaceous (76.5 - 73 Million Years Ago)
•Family: Hadrosauridae
•Dig Sites: Dinosaur Park Formation; Kirtland Formation; Nemegt Formation
•Height: 3.67 meters (12 feet)
•Length: 9.80 meters (32.2 feet)
•Weight: 2,267.5 kilograms (2.5 tons)
•Population: 14 individuals
•Range: Araucaria Region (Chile, South America)
•Birth Type: Egg
•Date: January 27th, 2021 2:28 A.M.
•Size: 109.74 KB
•Resolution: 960 x 720
•Digital Width: 3200 px
•Digital Height: 2400 px
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