Genera

Anatotitan

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Anatotitan

“duck titan (giant of Greek mythology)”

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CLASSIFICATION

Anatotitan
Brett-Surman vide Chapman & Brett-Surman, 1990TYPE SPECIES:
A. copei (Lull & Wright, 1942) (originally Anatosaurus) “Edward Drinker
Cope’s duck titan (giant of Greek mythology)”

OTHER SPECIES:
A. longiceps (Marsh, 1890) [nomen dubium] (originally Anatosaurus)

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Hadrosauroidea Hadrosaurinae

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 10 m to 13 m

see also: World Records

TIME

late Maastichtian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Montana, S. Dakota

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

A. copei
AMNH 5730 [holotype]: complete skeleton
AMNH 5886 [paratype]: complete skeleton
A. longiceps
YPM 616 [holotype]: right dentary with teethsee

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Had a very long, low, flat skull.

IMAGES

BRUCE SHILLINGLAW

An old Anatotitan copei attempts to escape a predator.

the “duck-billed” dinosaur Anatotitan copei

A hapless Tyrannosaurus lancensis (=Nanotyrannus) is pestered by a swarm of flies as it happens upon the undisturbed carcass of a juvenile Anatotitan copei.