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Corythosaurini

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy

Corythosaurini was named by Glut (1997).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lambeosaurini by Sullivan et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Lambeosaurinae by Gates et al. (2007), Evans et al. (2007), Evans and Reisz (2007), Godefroit et al. (2008), Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2009), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2010), Godefroit et al. (2012), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2013) and Bolotsky et al. (2014).

Subtaxa

Corythosaurus, Hypacrosaurus (syn. Cheneosaurus), Lambeosaurus (syn. Stephanosaurus, Didanodon, Procheneosaurus, Tetragonosaurus), Velafrons

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1997	Corythosaurini Glut
2007	Corythosaurini Evans and Reisz pp. 386-387 fig. 9
2007	Corythosaurini Gates et al. pp. 926-927 fig. 10
2008	Corythosaurini Godefroit et al. p. 67 fig. 18
2009	Corythosaurini Pereda-Suberbiola et al. p. 568 fig. 6
2010	Corythosaurini Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 1510 fig. 4
2012	Corythosaurini Godefroit et al. p. 551
2013	Corythosaurini Cruzado-Caballero et al.
2014	Corythosaurini Bolotsky et al. p. 329

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Ornithischia	()
—	Genasauria
—	Cerapoda
—	Ornithopoda	()
—	Clypeodonta
—	Iguanodontia	()
—	Dryomorpha
—	Styracosterna
—	Hadrosauriformes
—	Hadrosauroidea	()
family	Hadrosauridae
subfamily	Lambeosaurinae
tribe	Corythosaurini	Glut 1997
tribe	Corythosaurini	Glut 1997

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Corythosaurini Glut 1997

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G. †Corythosaurus Brown 1914

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†Corythosaurus casuarius Brown 1914

Invalid names: Corythosaurus bicristatus Parks 1935 [synonym], Corythosaurus brevicristatus Parks 1935 [synonym], Corythosaurus excavatus Gilmore 1923 [synonym], Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis Sternberg 1935 [synonym], Tetragonosaurus erectofrons Parks 1931 [synonym]

†Corythosaurus intermedius Parks 1923

G. †Hypacrosaurus Brown 1913

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†Hypacrosaurus altispinus Brown 1913

Invalid names: Cheneosaurus tolmanensis Lambe 1917 [synonym]

†Hypacrosaurus stebingeri Horner and Currie 1994

Invalid names: Cheneosaurus Lambe 1917 [synonym]

G. †Lambeosaurus Parks 1923

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†Lambeosaurus clavinitialis Sternberg 1935

Invalid names: Corythosaurus frontalis Parks 1935 [synonym]

†Lambeosaurus lambei Parks 1923

Invalid names: Tetragonosaurus praeceps Parks 1931 [synonym]

†Lambeosaurus magnicristatus Sternberg 1935

Invalid names: Didanodon Osborn 1902 [synonym], Didanodon altidens Osborn 1902 [nomen nudum], Procheneosaurus Matthew 1920 [synonym], Stephanosaurus Lambe 1914 [synonym]

G. †Velafrons Gates et al. 2007 [sail forehead]

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†Velafrons coahuilensis Gates et al. 2007

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Maximum body mass:

10000 kgg

Minimum body mass:

1000 kgg

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

gregariouso

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:40:05

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:40:05

Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (81 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (Montana)	Hypacrosaurus sp. (22689 142498) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53042 53043 53044 53045 53046 53047 53048 53052 59373 220335) Lambeosaurinae indet. (53996) Lambeosaurus sp. (22690) Procheneosaurus erectofrons (70051 142499)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Canada (Alberta)	Corythosaurus casuarius (150978) Corythosaurus excavatus (62721) Corythosaurus sp. (70052) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53051) Lambeosaurus lambei (70054 70055) Stephanosaurus marginatus (49236)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Hypacrosaurus sp. (49233)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Canada (Alberta)	Corythosaurus bicristatus (46317) Corythosaurus brevicristatus (46319) Corythosaurus casuarius (58760 58943 59017 59048 59050 59052) Corythosaurus excavatus (59008) Corythosaurus frontalis (46318) Corythosaurus intermedius (58905 58906 59009 59106) Corythosaurus sp. (59120 59144) Hadrosauridae indet. (64335 74120) Hadrosaurinae indet. (59221) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53049 53050) Lambeosaurus clavinitialis (51861 51862) Lambeosaurus lambei (49235 49237 59022) Lambeosaurus magnicristatum (51863) Lambeosaurus sp. (58911 58955 59145 59225) Procheneosaurus praeceps (52475) Stephanosaurus intermedius (58904) Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis (59007) Tetragonosaurus erectofrons (46359) Tetragonosaurus praeceps (46358) Tetragonosaurus sp. (58903) Trachodontidae indet. (52472)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mexico (Coahuila)	Lambeosaurinae indet. (24258) Lambeosaurus sp. (76745) Velafrons coahuilensis (170998)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Montana)	Corythosaurus sp. (230098 230102)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Dinosauria indet. (60875) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64436)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64433 64434)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Hypacrosaurus altispinus (45677 45678)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Cheneosaurus tolmanensis (49079) Hadrosauridae indet. (55363) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64432 135739 135740 135741 135743) Saurolophus osborni (11899)