Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Alternative spelling: Saurolophidae
Full reference: 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
Parent taxon: Hadrosauridae according to Y. Kobayashi et al. 2021
See also Brett-Surman 1979, Brown 1914, Dalla Vecchia 2020, Forster 1997, Gilmore 1919, Gilmore 1924, Gilmore 1933, Hay 1930, Horner 1992, Huene 1934, Huene 1934, Huene 1948, Huene 1959, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Lambe 1918, Lambe 1920, Lehman et al. 2016, Lull and Wright 1942, Maryanska and Osmólska 1984, Nagao 1936, Nopcsa 1928, Parks 1922, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2012, Prieto-Marquez 2013, Prieto-Marquez and Salinas 2010, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Prieto-Márquez et al. 2015, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Russell and Chamney 1967, Sternberg 1953, Taquet 1975, Tatarinov 1964, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Wilfarth 1940, Young 1958 and Zhang et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Acheralichnus, Aquilarhinus, Arstanosaurus, Arstanosaurus akkurganensis, Cionodon, Claorhynchus, Diclonius, Edmontosaurinae, Eotrachodon, Euhadrosauria, Gryposaurinae, Hadrosaurinae, Hadrosaurus breviceps, Hadrosaurus cavatus, Hadrosaurus minor, Hypsibema, Lambeosaurinae, Lapampasaurus, Maiasaurinae, Malefica, Microhadrosaurus, Neosaurus missouriensis, Ornithotarsus, Orthomerus, Parrosaurus, Prohadrosaurinae, Pteropelyx, Saurolophidae, Saurolophus krystofovici, Thespesius, Trachodon, Tridigitichnus, Troodon isfarensis, Tyrannosauropus, Willinakaqe, Yamatosaurus, Trachodontinae, Nectosaurus, Protrachodontinae
Subtaxa: Barsboldia Glishades Laiyangosaurus Rhinorex
Type: Saurolophus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Mexico (21), Mongolia (1), United States (7: California, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences