Species
Valid Extinct

Corythosaurus casuarius

Brown 1914

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
17
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Styracosterna Unranked clade
Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
Hadrosauridae Family
Lambeosaurinae Subfamily
Corythosaurini Tribe
Corythosaurus Genus
Corythosaurus casuarius Species
Fossil sites 17 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
16
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Oldman
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
17
Synonyms (5)
Corythosaurus bicristatus subjective synonym of Corythosaurus casuarius
Corythosaurus brevicristatus subjective synonym of Corythosaurus casuarius
Corythosaurus excavatus subjective synonym of Corythosaurus casuarius
Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis subjective synonym of Corythosaurus casuarius
Tetragonosaurus erectofrons subjective synonym of Corythosaurus casuarius
Bibliography
Original description
B. Brown. 1914. Corythosaurus casuarius, a new crested dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous, with provisional classification of the family Trachodontidae. 33(35):559-564
Bibliography (11)
P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
P. J. Currie and D. A. Russell. 2005. The geographic and stratigraphic distribution of articulated and associated dinosaur remains. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta
C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 DOI ↗
W. A. Parks. 1935. New species of trachodont dinosaurs from the Cretaceous formations of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 37:1-45
C. M. Sternberg. 1935. Hooded hadrosaurs of the Belly River Series of the Upper Cretaceous. Canada Department of Mines Bulletin (Geological Series) 77(52):1-37 DOI ↗
W. A. Parks. 1931. A new genus and two new species of trachodont dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 31:1-11
C. W. Gilmore. 1923. A new species of Corythosaurus with notes on other Belly River Dinosauria. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 37:46-52 DOI ↗
B. Brown. 1916. Corythosaurus casuarius: skeleton, musculature and epidermis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(38):709-716
B. Brown. 1914. Corythosaurus casuarius, a new crested dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous, with provisional classification of the family Trachodontidae. 33(35):559-564