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Parasaurolophus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaurs, from the Upper Cretaceous (about 76-65 million years ago) of North America. It was about 10 m (33 ft) long, 5 m (16 ft) high and weighed around 3500 kg (7,700 lb). Parasaurolophus was two-legged (bipedal), though probably stood on four when resting. It also had two strong arms, a scaly skin and a powerful tail. Its most noticeable feature is a long curved crest protruding from its head, often longer in males than in females. It was probably used for intraspecific communication by both males and females and for display by the males. There were about three species, but two of them are known only by incomplete remains. The best known species is Parasaurolophus walkeri, the one that appears in the Jurassic Park
movie.

There has been a lot of controversy over the curved crest of this dinosaur. Some scientist used to think that the crest had a skin "flag" that joined the neck. There is no evidence to this.

Parasaurolophus lived in large herds. They lived on plains but liked to be around water. They were herbivores but they were not, as some people believe, aquatic or water-plant-eaters; actually, they were fully terrestrial animals. They could probably swim, but they lived their entire life in land. Parasaurolophus were prey for large, carnivorous theropods such as Daspletosaurus. Fossils of Parasaurolophus have been found across North America. A complete skeleton was found in Canada.

Parasaurolophus appeared in the Jurassic Park
film, in the Brachiosaurus
scene, when the camera trails to a full view of the park, in a herd near the lake. Parasaurolophus appeared again in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
when InGen tries to capture dinosaurs for the San Diego Jurassic Park.

Category:North American dinosaurs Category:Cretaceous dinosaurs Category:Hadrosaurs Category:Jurassic Park species

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