Probrachylophosaurus
pro-BRAK-ee-LOF-oh-SORE-us /proʊˌbrækiˌlɒfoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
before short-crested lizard
- pro · Greek · before
- brachys · Greek · short
- lophos · Greek · crest
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name means "before Brachylophosaurus". It was chosen because this duck-billed dinosaur lived earlier than, and appears to be an ancestor or close early relative of, Brachylophosaurus. Brachylophosaurus itself means "short-crested lizard", after its flat, paddle-like crest.
- Named by
- Freedman Fowler and Horner
- Year named
- 2016
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Judith River Formation, Montana, USA
A hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur) of the Brachylophosaurini. The type species is Probrachylophosaurus bergei, which is older than Brachylophosaurus canadensis.