Juvenile Lambeosaur Hadrosaurid Fossil Toe Bone

Description: Lambeosaurus (is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 76 to 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. This bipedal/quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur is known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest, which in the best-known species resembled a hatchet. In build, Lambeosaurus was like other hadrosaurids, and could move on both two legs and all fours, as shown by footprints of related animals.

The most distinctive feature, the crest, was different in the two well-known species. In L. lambei, it had a hatchet-like shape when the dinosaur was full-grown, and was somewhat shorter and more rounded in specimens interpreted as females. The "hatchet blade" projected in front of the eyes, and the "handle" was a solid bony rod that jutted out over the back of the skull.

While most people pronounce the name as Lam BE osaurus, the namesake, Edward Lambe, pronounced his name as in lamb, so it would be correctly pronounced LAM O saururus

This fine specimen is a pes ungual (hind foot toe bone) in fine condition from a juvenile Lambeosaurus.