Tlatolophus
tla-TOH-loh-fus /tlaˌtoʊloʊfəs/
Accepted genus
speech crest (or "word crest")
- tlahtolli · Nahuatl · word, speech
- lophos · Greek · crest
The name combines the Nahuatl word "tlahtolli" (word or speech) with the Greek "lophos" (crest). It refers to the animal's large, curved head crest. The crest's shape resembles the Aztec (Nahuatl) glyph for speech, a curled scroll.
- Named by
- Ramírez-Velasco et al.
- Year named
- 2021
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico
A crested lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. The type species is Tlatolophus galorum.