88Mesozoic
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus annectens
A broad duck bill and dense dental batteries processed huge amounts of vegetation.
Western North America
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Dinosaurs Found in Canada: Species, Fossils & Evidence
Browse Canadian dinosaur records, including Alberta’s horned dinosaurs, hadrosaurs and tyrannosaur relatives, with links to their fossil evidence.
Places, environments and evidence
The Canadian selection brings together Styracosaurus, Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Saurolophus and other western records. Alberta’s fossil formations preserve changing river and coastal-plain environments. Even within one province, profiles can represent different formations and ages; a shared country label is not evidence that all these animals lived together.
Alberta: formations, not one timeless community
Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves exceptionally rich Late Cretaceous fossils. The park is one part of Canada's record, not a synonym for every Canadian dinosaur locality. A shared country or province should not erase differences in formation and age.
Follow a Canadian dinosaur into its profile
Corythosaurus is a crested hadrosaur associated with Canadian discoveries. Its profile connects the regional list to anatomy and the evidence for its head crest. The same approach applies to the horned dinosaurs and tyrannosaur relatives in the catalogue below.
227Mesozoic
Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus albertensis
A huge nasal horn and long spikes radiating from the frill made one of the most dramatic ceratopsian heads.
Coastal plains · Alberta, Canada
275Mesozoic
Saurolophus
Saurolophus osborni
A solid spike-like crest projected behind the skull and probably carried a strong visual signal.
River plains · Alberta, Canada
276Mesozoic
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
A helmet-shaped hollow crest contained looping nasal passages that could shape resonant calls.
Coastal plains · Alberta, Canada
277Mesozoic
Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus lambei
Its hatchet-shaped hollow crest changed dramatically as the animal matured.
Rivers and coastal forests · Alberta, Canada
278Mesozoic
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis
A massive nasal boss replaced the long horn seen in many ceratopsians.
High-latitude river plains · Western Canada
453Mesozoic
Thanatotheristes
Thanatotheristes degrootorum
A deep snout with facial ridges marked an early northern tyrannosaurid.
Coastal plain · Alberta, Canada
Common questions
Is this every dinosaur known from Canada?
No. This is the Canadian subset of the atlas. Museum collections and published studies document additional taxa that do not yet have profiles here.