Lophorhothon atopus

Meleagris leopoldi was a Pliocene-Pleistocene turkey from Arizona, known from fossil deposits. One of several extinct turkey species, it contributes to understanding of turkey evolutionary history in western North America prior to the Pleistocene megafauna crisis.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Lophorhothon atopus 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

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

La era final de los dinosaurios, con especies icónicas como Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops y Velociraptor. Los dinosaurios alcanzaron su máxima diversidad antes de que el catastrófico impacto de un asteroide en el cráter Chicxulub pusiera fin a la Era Mesozoica.