Genera

Corythosaurus

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Corythosaurus

“Corinthian helmet
lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay | Images ]

CLASSIFICATION

Corythosaurus
Brown, 1914TYPE 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

MEASUREMENTS

MASS: 3.5 tonnes to 4 tonnes

see also: World Records

TIME

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Alberta, Montana

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

10 skulls, associated postcrania

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

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

IMAGES

Corythosaurus casuarius (one male, two female)

JULIUS CSOTONYI

Corythosaurus casuarius negotiates a tangle of driftwood.

SHIRAISHI MINEO

helmet-crested duck-bill Corythosaurus casuarius

MICHAEL CARROLL

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