In Depth
Ornatops is a genus of brachylophosaurine saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Though the holotype skull is in bits, it has been reconstructed to form features that are roughly similar to Brachylophosaurus. Ornatops however also seems to have a bony protrusion rising up above the eyes. Like other hadrosaurs, Ornatops could have likely been a generalist browser of plants with a body form similar to those of other hadrosaurids.
Further reading
- A new brachylophosaurin (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. - PeerJ. 9: e11084. - Andrew T. McDonald, Douglas G. Wolfe, Elizabeth A. Freedman Fowler, & Terry A. Gates - 2021.
