Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 25 of 34
Parasaurolophus
North America (Alberta) · Cretaceous
A long crest swept backwards from Parasaurolophus’s head. This duck-billed dinosaur fed on plants.
Did you know?
Fossil impressions have preserved the texture of its skin.
Look together
Which way does its crest point?
An idea to try
Trace the crest’s long curve.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Parasaurolophus walkeri is a hadrosaur known from Canada. Its bony crest is different from a horn. Fossils tell us about bones and sometimes skin, but provide no recording of its voice. Skin texture is simplified here to make colouring easier.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified reconstruction informed by fossils and scientific comparisons. The pose, colours and setting are not directly known. Animals are not drawn to the same scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Natural History Museum: ParasaurolophusHollow tube crest, plant diet, fossils from Canada and fossil skin impressions showing scaly skin.
Page prepared on October 4, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Dinosaurs Around the World to Colour
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