Parasaurolophus

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Parasaurolophus
Name meaning	Near-Crested Lizard
Diet	Herbivore
Height	13 feet
Length	33 feet
Weight	2 tons
Birth Type	Unknown
Range	Isla Nublar Isla Sorna
Novel appearances	Jurassic Park
Film appearances	Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park III

Parasaurolophus was a Hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur, from the late Cretaceous period, approximately 85 to 65 million years ago. It is a famous dinosaur, known for its long, tube-like crest which was believed to be used as a communicative feature.

[edit] Jurassic Park

Parasaurolophus appear in all three films doing some of the things the Maiasaurs do in the two novels. In the first film, a herd of Parasaurolophus can be seen grazing in the distant lake among a plethora of dinosaurs during the Brachiosaurus scene. Parasaurolophus are also seen running away from the InGen hunters in The Lost World: Jurassic Park when they first make camp. In Jurassic Park III, the Tyrannosaurus was feeding on a Parasaurolophus carcass before it attacked the group. Later, many Parasaurolophus are later seen stampeding amongst a herd of Corythosaurus and grazing with many other herbivores.

[edit] Operation: Genesis

Parasaurolophus can be seen as a three-star large herbivore in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. The player is only able to clone it if the player started the game on Island 4. Parasaurolophus also comes available with Acrocranthosaurus and Torosaurus in a hatchery.

Jurassic Park III Dinosaurs
Ankylosaurus • Baryonyx • Brachiosaurus • Ceratosaurus • Compsognathus • Corythosaurus • Parasaurolophus • Pteranodon • Spinosaurus • Stegosaurus • Suchomimus • Tyrannosaurus rex • Velociraptor