Project Description

(145 – 66 million years ago) — Mascot: Parasaurolophus — Flowering plants evolved, and dinosaurs grew bigger and bigger through the middle of the Cretaceous. The end of this period witnessed the extinction of all dinosaurs except birds. With a name meaning, “near crested lizard,” Parasaurolophus was a social dinosaur using the resonating chamber in its hollow crest to bugle and communicate.