Edmontosaurus ("duck lizard") is a species of dinosaur seen in Fantasia. They are light brown dinosaurs with large hunched-over backs and a duck-billed face. They have two thin, stubby front legs and two large, three-toed back legs.
Background[]
Real life[]
Edmontosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous Period 73-66 million years ago. It contains two known species: Edmontosaurus regalis and Edmontosaurus annectens. Fossils of E. regalis have been found in rocks of western North America that date from the late Campanian age 73 million years ago, while those of E. annectens were found in the same geographic region from rocks dated to the end of the Maastrichtian age 66 million years ago. Edmontosaurus was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs to ever exist and lived alongside other dinosaurs, such as Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Pachycephalosaurus.
Edmontosaurus included two of the largest hadrosaurid species, with E. annectens measuring up to 12 meters (39 feet) in length and weighing around 5.6 metric tons (6.2 short tons) in average asymptotic body mass, although some individuals would have been much larger. Several well-preserved specimens are known that include numerous bones, as well as extensive skin impressions and possible gut contents. Edmontosaurus is classified as a genus of Saurolophine (or Hadrosaurine) hadrosaurid, a member of the group of hadrosaurids that lacked large, hollow crests and instead had smaller, solid crests or fleshy combs.
Appearances[]
Fantasia[]
Edmontosaurus appears briefly in The Rite of Spring segment during the "extinction" scene as one of the many species crossing the desert, before the impending extinction of the dinosaurs.
Disney Parks[]
Three Edmontosaurus make an appearance in the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction DINOSAUR.
Trivia[]
- Edmontosaurus was a land-dwelling, fast-running herbivore, as opposed to the semi-aquatic, tail-dragging animal portrayed in Fantasia.
- Edmontosaurus had a soft, fleshy crest like a rooster's based on skin impressions.
- Edmontosaurus also had large scales based on such impressions and shown in mummified specimens.
- Edmontosaurus possibly had stripes on its legs based on a mummified specimen called "Dakota".
- Several specimens of Edmontosaurus have been found to have been attacked by Tyrannosaurus rex and survived, indicating they were a favorite food for the giant predator.
- Edmontosaurus was capable of growing up to possibly 45-50 feet long and weighing at least 10 tons, as indicated by two skeletons under study at the Museum of the Rockies, making it one of the biggest of all hadrosaurs and as big as its main enemy, T. rex, possibly even bigger than its main enemy. However, such size was rare and only the oldest and strongest of these hadrosaurids were capable of growing to such size, as they usually averaged out at around 40 feet.
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