|
QUICK FACTS
 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Also known as:
Not Available
Etymology:
'Helmet lizard'
Pronunciation:
co-RITH-oh-SAWR-us
DISCOVERY
Corythosaurus casuarius
was discovered by Brown in 1914 in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada
VITAL STATISTICS
Time Span:
83.5 - 70.6 mya
Length: 9 - 10 m Weight: 5 - 5.2 ton Diet: Herbivore CLASSIFICATION
Class:
Sauropsida
Sub-class:
Diapsida
Super-order:
Dinosauria
Order:
Ornithischia
Sub-order:
Cerapoda
Infra-order:
Ornithopoda
Family:
Hadrosauridae
Genus:
Corythosaurus
Species:
casuarius
|
Corythosaurus casuarius
|
|
|
||
|
Large duck-billed dinosaur with a helmet crest that gives this unusual creature its name.
Plenty of material makes Corythosaurus one of America's best known hadrosaurs.
