Anatotitan is also known as Edmontosaurus annectens is a species of Edmontosaurus.
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Anatotitan is a lesser-known member of the duck-billed dinosaur family that lived in the last part of the age of dinosaurs. It was a typical member of this plant-eating family, with a large, broad duck-shaped bill that contained hundreds of teeth.
The type specimen was discovered in 1876 and named after famed collector Edward Drinker Cope, who organized many dinosaur-hunting expeditions in the late 19th century. One other member of the genus is known - A. longiceps, and both are mounted in the American Museum of Natural History. Like other hadrosaurs, Anatotitan was most likely a herd-dwelling animal.
Dinosaur Field Guide Description[]
Anatotitan (duck titan"') was the largest non-crested duckbill in North America. Its name refers to its duck-like beak. Anatotitan is part of the Hadrosauridae, or duckbill family of dinosaurs, who are known for their amazing teeth-~-or as paleontologists call it, their "dental battery" On each side of Anatotitan's jaw are three rows of sixty or more perfectly interlocking teeth-_-that's 720 per mouth, compared to thirty-two in an adult human! Not only did Anatotitan have a lot of teeth, but when one fell out, another from inside its jaw would take its place! Teeth like these are called " evergrowing. Anatotitan ate plants and had to be on constant alert for predators such as Tyrannosaurus and Dromaeosaurus. Anatotitan could not outrun any of the meat-eaters and had to rely on out-maneuvering them--like a crafty football player-_or traveling in large herds, where there was safety in numbers.
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Anatotitan was finst found in 1904, and renamed in 1990. There are fewer than 10 known Anatotitan skeletons -far less than the hundreds of skeletons known for its closest relative, Edmontosaurus.
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This is the "typical duckbill" made famous by the paintings of the "Father of Palepart Charles R Knight.
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