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Late Cretaceous: The Dinosaurs of Dinosaur Provincial Park

Ninety-nine million years ago, the lost continent of Laramidia was formed when the Great Inland Seaway cut North America in two. Laramidia was the land mass formed from today's western states and provinces, and was home to some amazing animals. The dinosaurs and other animals found in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial park show a surprisingly clear view into a coastal wetland environment some seventy-five million years in the past. Based on the questions, can you name the plants and animals found in those rocks?
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This relative of triceratops had horns standing out from its frill. It often showed up in dinosaur movies like Valley of Gwangi and 1,000,000 BC.
Styracosaurus
This ceratopsid had three short horns and a large frill with large openings in it.
Chasmosaurus
This smaller T-rex relative was one of the top predators of the region. It's name means "dreadful lizard."
Gorgosaurus
This hadrosaurid had a cassowary-like "helmet" or crest on top of its head.
Corythosaurus
This most famous of hadrosaurids had a long banana-shaped crest extending from the back of its head.
Parasaurolophus
This was the small, large eyed predator that in northern regions appeared to rival tyrannosaurids as the apex predator. It has been speculated that the large eyes helped it hunt at night.
Troodon
This ceratopsid has one large horn on its nose.
Centrosaurus
This ankylosaurid gets its name from Edmonton, where it was first discovered.
Edmontonia
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These extinct reptiles most closely resembled gharials, and this animal was the most common of the group.
Champsosaurus
This "thick nosed lizard" was a ceratopsid found further north, and likely could stand colder weather.
pachyrhinosaurus
Leidyosuchus and Albertochampsa are two species of what type of reptile found in the Dinosaur Park formation?
Crocodilian
Baptornis is an example of what kind of animal that was present at the site?
Bird
Alphadon and Eodelphis are examples of what family of animals that were living at the site?
Mammals
As time progressed and the Inland Seaway flooded the shoreline wetlands, this long necked marine reptile's fossil became more common in the sediment
Elasmosaurus
Cryodrakon (ice cold dragon) was what type of animal?
Azhdarchid Pterosaur
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