Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Synonym: Corythosaurus frontalis Parks 1935
Full reference: 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
Belongs to Lambeosaurus according to K. S. Brink et al. 2014
See also Bell 2014, Bolotsky et al. 2014, Campione 2014, Currie 2005, Dodson 1975, Dodson 1983, Evans 2010, Hopson 1975, Horner et al. 2004, Kuhn 1964, Langston 1960, Longrich 2008, Lull and Wright 1942, Parks 1935, Russell 1966, Ryan and Evans 2005, Saveliev et al. 2012, Sternberg 1935 and Weishampel and Horner 1990
Sister taxa: Didanodon altidens, Lambeosaurus lambei, Lambeosaurus magnicristatus
Type specimens:
- Lambeosaurus clavinitialis: NMC 8703, a skull. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 62, Berry Creek, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
- Corythosaurus frontalis: ROM 869. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 32, Steveville (ROM), which is in a Campanian channel lag sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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