Brain Structure Provides Key To Unraveling Function Of Bizarre Dinosaur Crests
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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. Scientists have now used CT-scanning to look inside these mysterious crests and reconstruct the brains and nasal cavities of four different lambeosaur species.