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Fleshy comb is first found on a dinosaur

Fossil head has both duck bill and soft-tissue crest

TOP UP A duck-billed Edmontosaurus had soft fleshy headgear, imagined in red and blue in this illustration.

Bell et al./Curr. Bio. 2013

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

A well-known duck-billed face needs to be reimagined with a dinosaur version of a chicken comb on top.