A new fossil discovery reveals the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus regalis sported a fleshy comb on its head similar to the ones on modern-day roosters.
Bell's colleague Federico Fanti discovered the new E. regalis fossil in west central Alberta about 45 miles (75 kilometers) from the town of Grande Prairie.
whether the comb is a feature only of E. regalis or if other duckbills might have had similar fleshy accessories.
similar to roosters cresta 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
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