Album: Discovering a Duck-Billed Dino Baby

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Dinosaur Bone Histology

Baby joe dinosaur leg bone

(Image credit: Copyright Sarah Werning)

The microscopic bone structure of the leg of the baby dinosaur.

Dinosaur Reconstruction

Dinosaur in habitat

(Image credit: Copyright Tyler Keillor.)

An artist's reconstruction of the baby Parasaurolophus in its habitat.

Baby Joe

Dinosaur size comparison

(Image credit: Copyright Scott Hartman (baby dinosaur), Andrew Farke (humans).)

The dinosaur baby loomed large compared to a human infant and adult.

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
Live Science Contributor

Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.