The hadrosaurid Parasaurolophus walkeri came to drink. I started this work spontaneously as a sketch without references, which I later adjusted to skeletal reconstructions. I also decided to make a small background with plants.
Parasaurolophus is famous for its unusual crest with internal passages located on the back of its head. P. walkeri is one of three species of its genus. Its holotype, a partial skeleton with a skull, was found in the Dinosaur Park formation (Alberta, Canada) in 1920. Several other specimens from there may also belong to this species. P. walkeri is distinguished by an elongated crest with a relatively simple internal structure. Many functions have been proposed for this education, including species recognition and sound amplification.
Here I have depicted a Parasaurolophus with massive neck tissues supported by a ligamentous ligament. The plants are represented by ferns, mosses, and aquatic araceae Cobbania corrugata, whose remains are known, among others, from Alberta.
Black gel ink pen, 2025.
