Palintropus

† Palintropus was an extinct ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada. A bipedal herbivore, it inhabited the coastal lowlands and forested floodplains of the Western Interior. Known from fragmentary material, its exact classification within Ornithopoda remains uncertain.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Palintropus was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Palintropus lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.