Edmontosaurus
Name meaning	"Lizard from Edmonton"
Diet	Herbivore
Length	12 meters (39 ft)
Weight	4 tons
Range	Isla Sorna
Birth type	Egg
Film appearances	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (film)
Game appearances	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game) Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Jurassic Park III: Park Builder Jurassic Park: Explorer

Edmontosaurus was a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It's name means "Edmonton lizard" after the location of it's discovery (Edmonton, Alberta, Cananda).

Edmontosaurus is part of the Hadrosauridae, or duckbill family of dinosaurs, who are known for their amazing teeth - or as paleontologists call it, their "dental battery." On each side of the jaw are three rows of sixty or more perfectly interlocking teeth - that's 720 per mouth, compared to thirty-two in an adult human! Not only did Edmontosaurus have a lot of teeth, but when one fell out, another from inside its jaw would take its place! Teeth like these are called "evergrowing".^[1]

Edmontosaurus ate plants and had to be on constant alert for predators such as Tyrannosaurus and Dromaeosaurus. Edmontosaurus could not outrun any of the meat-eaters and had to rely on outmaneuvering them - like a crafty football player - or traveling in large herds, where there was safety in numbers. (Ibid.)

More real-life information: Edmontosaurus at Wikipedia.

FilmsEdit

In the scene of The Lost World: Jurassic Park where Roland Tembo and Ajay Sidhu are looking at the baby Tyrannosaurus in the nest, you can see a skull. The skull is from a Hadrosaur and very long. Jurassic Park Legacy members concluded that it belonged to the Genus Anatotitan, which is now classified as Edmontosaurus annectens.^[2]

Jurassic Park-inspired gamesEdit

• Edmontosaurus is seen shortly in Level 2 of The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game). It can either be seen with herds of Gallimimus or grazing on grass with Parasaurolophus or others of its kind.
• Edmontosaurus is one of the Herbivores that can be created in Jurassic Park III: Park Builder.
• Edmontosaurus is one of the dinosaurs that can be collected in Jurassic Park: Explorer.
• Edmontosaurus is one of the available dinosaurs in the IOS application, Jurassic Park: Builder.

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Edit

Edmontosaurus is a 3-star large herbivore featured in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. They live around wetland/grasslands in large herds and serve as one of the main food sources for Tyrannosaurus rex. Bite marks on one fossil show that Edmontosaurus was a favourite food of T.rex in reality as well and in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. When it's DNA is completed to 100% the Edmontosaurus will live until 6 years and the Edmontosaurus is found along with the Pachycephalosaurus and the Triceratops in the Hell Creek Information.

Comics Edit

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ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Dinosaur Field Guide, page 38.
2. ↑ JPEncyclopedia, Anatotitan copei (?) (S/F). Information retrieved at 2012-06-21.