Parasaurolophus

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Parasaurolophus is a distinctive Late Cretaceous hadrosaurid dinosaur known for its long, backward-curving hollow cranial crest, which may have been used for visual display and sound resonance.

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Label	Occurrences
Parasaurolophus canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15343551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parasaurolophus
Context triple: [Ornithischia, includesFamousTaxon, Parasaurolophus]

A. Saurolophus
Saurolophus was a large crested hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia and North America, known for the distinctive spike-like crest on its head.
B. Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus is a genus of crested, duck-billed herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest likely used for vocalization and display.
C. Protoceratops
Protoceratops was a small, herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, notable for its parrot-like beak and distinctive neck frill.
D. Edmontosaurus annectens
Edmontosaurus annectens is a large, late Cretaceous duck-billed hadrosaurid dinosaur known for its broad, flat snout and abundant fossil remains in western North America.
E. Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis is a Late Cretaceous dome-skulled herbivorous dinosaur known for its extremely thick, bony skull roof, thought to have been used in head-butting or display behaviors.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parasaurolophus
Target entity description: Parasaurolophus is a distinctive Late Cretaceous hadrosaurid dinosaur known for its long, backward-curving hollow cranial crest, which may have been used for visual display and sound resonance.

A. Saurolophus
Saurolophus was a large crested hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia and North America, known for the distinctive spike-like crest on its head.
B. Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus is a genus of crested, duck-billed herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest likely used for vocalization and display.
C. Protoceratops
Protoceratops was a small, herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, notable for its parrot-like beak and distinctive neck frill.
D. Edmontosaurus annectens
Edmontosaurus annectens is a large, late Cretaceous duck-billed hadrosaurid dinosaur known for its broad, flat snout and abundant fossil remains in western North America.
E. Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis is a Late Cretaceous dome-skulled herbivorous dinosaur known for its extremely thick, bony skull roof, thought to have been used in head-butting or display behaviors.
F. None of above. chosen