First discovered in 1922 and best known for its distinctive crest, Parasaurolophus is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs – a staple of childhood books and a background player in the Jurassic ...

This dinosaur is known for a crest on the top of its head, similar to a cockatoo or tufted titmouse. It lived and was about 16 feet tall and weighed roughly 6,000 to 8,000 pounds. “I’ve been ...

A Chinese farmer has discovered the remains of a dinosaur that could have passed for the ostrich-like cassowary in its day, sporting the flightless bird's head crest and long thunder thighs ...

The Parasaurolophus is a duck-billed dinosaur with a unique crest that lived 70 million to 80 million years ago. It stood around 16 feet tall and is estimated to have weighed 6,000 to 8,000 pounds.

And since some artists thought such cranial decoration was a little subdued, they often added round ... domed crest that was more like those of the dinosaur’s later relatives.

Ever since the first fossilized dinosaur feathers were reported in 1996, scientists had noticed round microscopic structures within them — structures that many had assumed were fossilized bacteria.

Museum volunteers led by Joe Sertich, the curator of dinosaurs at DMNS, were surprised to find the intact crest as they carefully chiseled the specimen from the sandstone. > Above video ...

Although both creatures sported a crest, on the younger dinosaur that feature was small. In both the adult and the juvenile, the bony structure is largely hollow and doesn’t appear to be ...

The duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus is best known for the tube that grows out of its head, and the well-preserved skull offers more clues about the crest's evolution. Journalist Bonnie Burton ...