Surprise: Duck-billed dinosaurs had fleshy 'cocks comb'
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 12:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A rare, mummified specimen of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosauraus regalis described in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on December 12 shows for the first time that those dinosaurs' heads were adorned with a fleshy comb, most similar to the roosters' red crest.