Corythosaurus
"Corinthian helmet lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Corythosaurus Brown, 1914
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • C. casuarius Brown, 1914 "cassowary-like Corinthian helmet lizard"

    MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
  • C. bicristatus Parks, 1935 "double-crested Corinthian helmet lizard" == C. casuarius
  • C. brevicristatus Parks, 1935 "short-crested Corinthian helmet lizard" == C. casuarius
  • C. convincens Rozhdestvensky, 1968 == Jaxartosaurus aralensis
  • C. excavatus Gilmore, 1923 == C. casuarius
  • C. frontalis Parks, 1935 == Lambeosaurus lambei
  • C. intermedius Parks, 1923 == C. casuarius
  • C. selwyni (Lambe, 1902) [nomen dubium] (originally Trachodon) = Trachodon selwyni
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Hadrosauroidea
Lambeosaurinae

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 10 m MASS: 3.5 tonnes to 4 tonnes

see also: World Records


TIME

Campanian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Alberta, Montana

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

One of the "helmeted duck-bills", with a large, hollow, semicircular crest. One gender (female?) had smaller crests.


IMAGES

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DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Ink, Paint

[THUMBNAIL] Corythosaurus casuarius (one male, two female)

JULIUS CSOTONYI

Pencil

[THUMBNAIL] Corythosaurus casuarius negotiates a tangle of driftwood.

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] helmet-crested duck-bill Corythosaurus casuarius

MICHAEL CARROLL

Paint

[THUMBNAIL] Dinosaur Fashion: various horned and frilled dinosaurs; from left to right: Pachyrhinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Corythosaurus, and Stegoceras

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