Parasaurolophus is a hadrosaurid, part of a diverse family of Cretaceous dinosaurs known for their range of bizarre head adornments. It was first described in 1922 by William Parks from a skull and partial skeleton in Alberta. Remains are known from Alberta, Canada, and New Mexico and Utah, USA. It was a herbivore that walked both as a biped and a quadruped. Parasaurolophus (pronounced / ˌpærəsɔˈrɒləfəs/ PARR-ə-saw-ROL-ə-fəs, commonly also / ˌpærəˌsɔrəˈloʊfəs/ PARR-ə-SAWR-ə-LOH-fəs meaning "near crested lizard" in reference to Saurolophus) commonly shortened as Parasaur is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America, about 83-73 million years ago.
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