Parasaurolophus Dinosaur Skull Plaque

Description

Parasaurolophus Dinosaur Skull Plaque measures 36.0 x 24.0 inches. The Parasaurolophus Dinosaur Skull Plaque is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 1:1 scale. Made in USA. Cast of original specimen from Royal Ontario Museum of Natural History. Plaque weight is 10 lbs. Shipping weight is 30 lbs. due to oversize shipment.

The Prosaurolophis is a dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period. It was first discovered in 1922 in Alberta, Canada by Dr. William A. Parks. He named it Parasaurolophus, a name which means “crested lizard”.

The most noticeable feature was the cranial crest, which protruded from the rear of the head and was made up of the premaxilla and nasal bones. Parasaurolophus is sometimes restored with a skin flap from the crest to the neck.

The crest was hollow, with distinct tubes leading from each nostril to the end of the crest before reversing direction and heading back down the crest and into the skull.

Parasaurolophus was a long-crested, duck-billed dinosaur. Parasaurolophus grew to be about 40 feet (12 m) long and 8 feet (2.8 m) tall at the hips. It weighed about 2 tons. Parasaurolophus was an herbivore, eating pine needles, leaves, and twigs.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Suborder: †Ornithopoda
Family: †Hadrosauridae
Genus: †Parasaurolophus
Type species: †Parasaurolophus walkeri