NormalCorythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
koh-RITH-oh-SORE-us· “helmet lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
9 m
Length
3 m
Height
3 t
Weight
A duck-billed dinosaur with a tall, rounded crest like an ancient Greek helmet. Air looping through the hollow crest gave each animal its own deep, resonant voice.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~77–75 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Barnum Brown, 1912
Did you know?
- One fossil preserved skin impressions over much of the body.
- Its crest shape changed with age and differed between sexes.
- It had up to 600 tiny teeth for grinding plants.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.