Velafrons

sail forehead

• vela · Latin · sail
• frons · Latin · forehead, brow

The name combines the Latin words for "sail" and "forehead" or "brow". It refers to the sail-like shape of the low crest on top of the skull of this lambeosaurine hadrosaur. The only named species is Velafrons coahuilensis, named after the Mexican state of Coahuila where it was found.

Named by

Gates et al.

Year named

2007

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico

A valid genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur). It is known from a nearly complete skull and partial skeleton, plus juvenile material.