Free Photo: Statue of a Hadrosaurus at the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania

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This bronze statue of a Hadrosaurus dinosaur standing on a rock is part of the extensive sculpture collection that is displayed throughout the Philadelphia Zoo.

Hadrosaurus is a dubious genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur. In 1858, a skeleton of a dinosaur from this genus was the first dinosaur skeleton known from more than isolated teeth to be found in North America. In 1868, it became the first ever mounted dinosaur skeleton. Hadrosaurus foulkii is the only species in this genus and has been the official state dinosaur of New Jersey since 1991.

Hadrosaurus lived near what is now the coast of New Jersey, U.S.A., in the late Cretaceous Period - around 80 million years ago. It was likely bipedal for the purposes of running, but could use its forelegs to support itself while grazing - like all hadrosaurids, Hadrosaurus was herbivorous. Its teeth suggest it ate twigs and leaves. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrosaurus)

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