Key to function of dinosaur crests found in brain structure
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 15:21
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.