Hadrosauridae

E673289

dinosaur family taxonomic family

Hadrosauridae is a family of herbivorous "duck-billed" dinosaurs known for their broad, flattened snouts and often elaborate cranial crests, which thrived during the Late Cretaceous period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hadrosauridae canonical	2
Saurolophinae	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dinosaur family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ
characteristicFeature	battery of tightly packed teeth ⓘ broad flattened snout ⓘ complex dental batteries for grinding plant material ⓘ duck-bill-like beak ⓘ long tails ⓘ often elaborate cranial crests ⓘ relatively shorter forelimbs ⓘ robust hind limbs ⓘ
clade	Cerapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ Neornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	duck-billed dinosaurs ⓘ hadrosaurids ⓘ
containsGenus	Corythosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmontosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadrosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambeosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Maiasaura NERFINISHED ⓘ Parasaurolophus NERFINISHED ⓘ
crestFunctionHypothesis	acoustic resonance for sound production ⓘ sexual selection ⓘ species recognition ⓘ visual display ⓘ
diet	herbivorous ⓘ
extinctionEvent	Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event NERFINISHED ⓘ
extinctionStatus	extinct ⓘ
feedingAdaptation	ability to process tough vegetation ⓘ highly efficient chewing mechanism ⓘ
firstAppearance	Cenomanian ⓘ
fossilEvidence	abundant in Late Cretaceous formations of western North America ⓘ numerous bonebeds indicating mass mortality events ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalPeriod	Cretaceous NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
lastAppearance	Maastrichtian ⓘ
locomotion	bipedal ⓘ facultatively quadrupedal ⓘ
notableSubgroup	Lambeosaurinae NERFINISHED ⓘ Saurolophinae NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	oviparous ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation	well-developed eyesight ⓘ well-developed hearing ⓘ
socialBehavior	evidence for herding behavior ⓘ likely gregarious ⓘ
suborder	Ornithopoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
superfamily	Hadrosauroidea NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalRange	Late Cretaceous ⓘ
typicalHabitat	coastal plains ⓘ floodplains ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dinosauria → hasMember → Hadrosauridae ⓘ

Edmontosaurus annectens → family → Hadrosauridae ⓘ

Edmontosaurus annectens → subfamily → Hadrosauridae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saurolophinae