Velafrons
Velafrons (meaning "sailed forehead") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mexico. Its fossils were found in the Upper Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation (about 73.5 million years old), near Rincon Colorado, Coahuila, Mexico. The type specimen is CPC-59, and the type species is V. coahuilensis.
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| Genus: | Velafrons Gates et al., 2007
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Velafrons Media
Velafrons coahuilensis skull at Desert Museum in Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico.
Life reconstruction of Velafrons coahuilensis
