Velafrons

Velafrons (meaning "sailed forehead") is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico.

It is known from a mostly complete skull and partial skeleton of a juvenile individual, with a bony crest on the forehead.

Its fossils were found in the late Campanian-age Cerro del Pueblo Formation (about 72 million years old[1]), near Rincon Colorado, Coahuila, Mexico.

[2] Velafrons was most similar to young specimens of Corythosaurus and Hypacrosaurus, and was found to be a corythosaurin in the phylogenetic analysis performed by Gates and colleagues in their description of the genus.

Unusually large size is also seen in the Mexican hadrosaurids Kritosaurus sp.

Skull of Velafrons