Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus was a Hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period, approximately 85 to 65 million years ago. It is a famous dinosaur, known for its long, tube-like crest which was believed to be used as a communicative feature. The Parasaurolophus inhabited both Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna. They were the only hadrosaurs present on Isla Nublar. Females were dark green in color, sometimes with large black stripes like a zebra crossing around thier body. Males vary from orange-brown color with a black crest and a tan face,while others have a green-brown color with a red crest and a hint of tan along their backs. Females sport smaller, more curved crests than males.

More real-life information: Parasaurolophus.

Jurassic Park Series
Parasaurolophus has appeared in all three films, as well as the second novel by Michael Crichton. All three appearances however have all been nothing but short cameos. In the first movie they were seen from a distance drinking from a lake. In The Lost World, they were briefly seen on the game trail, and in Jurassic Park III they were briefly seen grazing outside the hatchery.

Jurassic Park film
On the Isla Nublar facility, Parasaurolophus (Parasaur) herds roamed along with Brachiosaurus. They probably kept by water, drinking it, and eating the long grass that grew around lakes and rivers. The Brachio-Parasaur exhibit was very close to the main Helicopter pad, and was thus one of the first dinosaurs to be seen by Dr. Alan Grant and the others upon arriving to Jurassic Park. It is not known however if the animal was featured on the Safari Tour ridden by Grant and the others, as they had to turn around after the Triceratops exhibit.

The Lost World film
On Isla Sorna, Parasaurolophus, like the rest of the dinosaurs, roamed freely. Male and female Parasaurolophus, however, were never together. Parasaurolophus male herds sometimes moved together with herds of Corythosaurus and Gallimimus.

During Roland Tembo's hunting expidition while chasing animals on a game trail, Dieter Stark's group first catch was a male Parasaurolophus.

Jurassic Park III
The Parasaurolophus herd seen in the third installment of the series were green males. Although the males depicted in The Lost World were a more tan/brown color, it is thought that the males could flush their colors from brown to green to ease the mating process with the females. The parasaurs seen in the field scene were males because they had the same long black stripe going down it's side, like those seen in TWL and unlike the females in JP.

Jurassic Park inspired games

 * A male Parasaurolophus is encountered in the The Lost World: Jurassic Park arcade game.
 * Parasaurolophus is a 3 star Large Herbivore in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis and are shown as those from The Lost World.
 * Parasauralophus is one of the Herbivore Twos that can be created in Jurassic Park III: Park Builder.
 * It was planned to appear in Jurassic Park: Survival.

Theme parks
On the Jurassic Park: River Adventure in the Islands of Adventure, a male Parasaurolophus knocks your vehicle off track from entering Hadrosaur Cove and into the Velociraptor containment area.