Maisaura head crest

[Jose S.M.]

I have a question, I don't know if this is the right place to post it but it's just about Maiasaura, I've seen paleoart and reconstructions with two hornlets about its eyes and also with a crest across it's forehead and I don't know which is correct. I tried to review a paper about it but honestly I'm not that good with bones description so it didn't clarified it for me.

[Halichoeres]

@Jose S.M. the "Hadrosauridae" chapter by Horner, Weishampel and Forster in The Dinosauria says:

"In Maiasaura...the caudal nasals [that is, the posterior part of the nasals] form a transversely oriented crest located dorsal to the orbit...the frontal makes a significant contribution to the crest."

The ellipses are some parts that pertain to its relative Brachylophosaurus.

So it looks like it should be a crest traveling across the eyebrow, not hornlets. I think the common uncertainty about this feature is one of those things that arises from the standard view for diagrams and illustrations being lateral.

[Jose S.M.]

Thanks @Halichoeres ! I was trying to get back into sculpting and I wanted to make a Maiasaura but was not completely sure about this.

[Halichoeres]

Glad I could help! I'll look forward to seeing your Maiasaura if you go ahead with it.