Majungasaurus crenatissimus is a spectacularly preserved carnivorous dinosaur from latest Cretaceous Madagascar. Computed tomographic (CT) scans reveal unusual internal anatomy of the dinosaur's cranium [1,2; Figure 1]: the nasals form a large hollow chamber traversed with bony struts, and a unicorn-like projection of the frontals is also hollow. The wall thickness and struts within these sinuses recall sinuses of giraffes, which strike each other with a median projection (ossicone) above a frontal sinus and lateral ossicones of the parietals [3].
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