Anasazisaurus horneri

†Anasazisaurus horneri was a hadrosaurid ornithopod herbivore of the Late Cretaceous, discovered in New Mexico, United States. Named after the ancestral Pueblo Anasazi people, it possessed a distinctive tubular nasal crest and is known from fragmentary skull material, providing insights into crested hadrosaur diversity in North America.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Anasazisaurus horneri 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

Anasazisaurus horneri 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.