Key to function of dinosaur crests found in brain structure
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
CT scan reconstructions of Corythosaurus; the nasal cavity is green, and the brain purple. Paleontologists have long debated the function of the strange, bony crests on the heads of the duck-billed dinosaurs known as lambeosaurs. The structures contain incredibly long, convoluted nasal passages that loop up over the tops of their skulls.
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