Hypacrosaurus

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Translingual

Skeletal mount of Hypacrosaurus altispinus, at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “less, under”) + ἄκρος (ákros, “high”) + -saurus, it having been slightly smaller than Tyrannosaurus.

Proper noun

†Hypacrosaurus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – duckbill dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous similar in appearance to Corythosaurus.

Synonyms

(genus): Cheneosaurus

Hyponyms

(genus):
- †Hypacrosaurus altispinus (type species)
- †Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (other species)

References

Hypacrosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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