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Anatotitan

Anatotitan

Anatotitan copei

  • Pronounced:   an - At - o - Tie - tin
  • Diet:   Herbivore (plant eater)
  • Name Means:   "Duck Titan"
  • Length:   33 feet (10 m)
  • Height:   14 feet (4 m)
  • Weight:   2 tons (1,900 kilos)
  • Time:   Late Cretaceous - 67 MYA
Location : Western U.S.

Anatotitan is a lesser-known member of the duck-billed dinosaur family that lived in last part of the age of dinosaurs. It was a typical member of this plant-eating family, with a large, broad duck-shaped bill that contained hundreds of teeth.

The type specimen was discovered in 1876 and named after famed collector Edward Drinker  Cope, who organized many dinosaur-hunting expeditions in the late 19th century. One other member of the genus is known - A. longiceps, and both are mounted in the American Museum of Natural History. Like other hadrosaurs, Anatotitan was most likely a herd-dwelling animal.