Lambeosaurus

Lambeosaurus was a member of the hadrosaur family. Based on the number of their remains, hadrosaurs, or duckbilled dinosaurs, must have been very common in Late Cretaceous Alberta. Named for their flattened toothless beaks, duckbills were very plentiful and diverse, perhaps moving in large herds across the landscape.

Named for Lawrence Lambe, one of the early fossil hunters in the Red Deer River Valley, Lambeosaurus had a large, hollow, hatchet shaped crest. The hollow crest may have been used to produce sounds and to improve its sense of smell. Young may have been able to identify their parents by the distinctive crest.

Like all hadrosaurs, lambeosaurus had batteries of hundreds of teeth behind the beak that were adapted to chewing tough plant material.

This document was prepared by Wayne Hortensius, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. All information © 1995 Royal Tyrrell Museum. All Rights Reserved.
Updated: April 8, 1995

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