page_title: Brachylophosaurus
section_title: Paleobiology
hierarchical_section_title: Brachylophosaurus / Paleobiology
caption_attribution_description: English: Comparison of the primary ridges of the tooth crowns in the dentary dental batteries of some hadrosauroid species (all dental batteries in lingual view). (A) Equijubus normani (IVPP V12534). (B) Probactrosaurus gobiensis (PIN 2232/42-1). (C) Bactrosaurus johnsoni (AMNH 6553). (D) Parasaurolophus tubicen (NMMNH P-25100). (E) Edmontosaurus regalis (CMN 2289). (F) Brachylophosaurus canadensis (CMN 8893).
context_page_description: Brachylophosaurus was a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs. It is known from several skeletons and bonebed material from the Judith River Formation of Montana and the Oldman Formation of Alberta, living about 78 million years ago.
context_section_description: In 2003, evidence of tumors, including hemangiomas, desmoplastic fibroma, metastatic cancer, and osteoblastoma was discovered in fossilized Brachylophosaurus skeletons. Rothschild et al. tested dinosaur vertebrae for tumors using computerized tomography and fluoroscope screening. Several other hadrosaurids, including Edmontosaurus, Gilmoreosaurus, and Bactrosaurus, also tested positive. Although more than 10,000 fossils were examined in this manner, the tumors were limited to Brachylophosaurus and closely related genera. The tumors may have been caused by environmental factors or genetic propensity.
caption: Teeth (F)
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