Walking with Dinosaurs: Edmontosaurus annectens

Edmontosaurus annectens
Named by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1892 (as Claosaurus)
Diet: Herbivore (Grazer)
Type: Ornithopod Hadrosaurid (Saurolophinae) dinosaur
Size: 40 to 49 feet (12 to 15 meters) long and 10 tons
Region: North America (Montana, Wyoming, Dakotas, and Colorado USA; Saskatchewan Canada)
Age: Late Cretaceous (67 to 66 million BC; Late Maastrichtian)
Enemies: Tyrannosaurus rex; Acheroraptor and Dakotaraptor for the young
Episode: Death of a Dynasty (as Anatotitan)
Info: One of the last, largest, and best-known of the hadrosaur dinosaurs, Edmontosaurus annectens [or formally called Anatosaurus, Anatotitan (as in the original BBC series), Trachodon, etc.] is the classic "duckbill" dinosaur due to its rounded beak like a duck's, grew to a maximum of nearly 50 feet (15 meters) in length based on of two specimens of it, and is known from numerous complete good specimens, including mummified remains (such as the famous one dubbed Dakota) with preserved skin impressions. One of the most common dinosaurs in North America during the last days of the Cretaceous period [before the infamous K-Pg (Cretaceous-Paleogene) Mass Extinction event that killed off and ended the reign of the (non-avian) dinosaurs, 66 million years ago], these hadrosaurs were docile herbivores that probably lived in herds grazing with huge batteries of chewing teeth at the back of their mouths ideal for chewing and grinding the plant matter, while its enormous size and well-muscled body as well as its powerful tail would've been its defense against its main predator, Tyrannosaurus rex - An Edmontosaurus specimen was found with some of its tail vertebrae being bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus rex, but was healing meaning that the duck-billed dinosaur had a narrow escape from the T. rex and survived.

Note: Based on Gregory S. Paul and the one from Saurian. I even asked my fellow deviant friends and watchers if I could add the head crests since I saw images of this species of the genus with one, but they all say no and I agree, because unlike E. regalis, there is no evidence that E. annectens has a crest as well, especially with the mummified remains such as Dakota. I also added sexual dimorphism as what one deviant asked me to do. Plus I made its tail striped as its thought that a zebra's stripes would be used as a defense against predators like lions, so this dinosaur would've done the same against predators like T. rex. Pose based on the famous painting by Charles R. Knight as well as the skeletal replica at the American Museum of Natural History (labeled as Anatotitan).

So here it is folks! This is the hadrosaur of what we typically think of as a "duck-billed" dinosaur. In fact along with the crested ones like Parasaurolophus and Corythosaurus, I actually grew up with this along with Maiasaura and E. regalis, as I actually read old library childrens books that feature this, featuring paintings of it and being labeled as Trachodon or Anatosaurus. My favorite would be Charles R. Knight as well as Rudoplh Zallinger in the famous Age of Reptiles mural at Yale University. It appeared in numerous old films such as The Lost World (1925) and Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940). Basically you can think of it as Donald Duck and Daffy Duck with scaly skin and a long thick tail (In an episode of Darkwing Duck, Darkwing Duck himself was transformed into a Kaiju-sized hadrosaur that resembled this). It was even famous as popular attractions and appeared in numerous dinosaur documentaries such as Dinosaur! (1985) hosted by the late Christopher Reeves (aka Superman) that features a go-motion segment by Phil Tippet that features the nesting and family lives of them. In addition to Walking with Dinosaurs here, When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001), and Dino Autopsy (2007), it even appeared in the T. rex episode of The Ultimate Guide (1996). When I was growing up, they were portrayed as the easy prey and food source for Tyrannosaurus rex and making it the predator-prey relationship like a lion and zebra. But evidence show that these dinosaurs would've been tough and difficult prey for the King of the Dinosaurs, using its sheer size and physical strength as a defense, instead of just swimming in the ponds and hide to get away as I read in old library books. 

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