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Corythosaurus

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Corythosaurus was named by Brown (1914).

It was synonymized subjectively with Stephanosaurus by Parks (1923).

It was assigned to Saurolophinae by Brown (1914) and Lambe (1918); to Stephanosaurinae by Lambe (1920); to Trachodontidae by Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Huene (1927) and Parks (1935); to Lambeosauridae by Ryan (1997); to Hadrosauridae by Russell (1930), Romer (1956), Parsch (1963), Kuhn (1964), Rozhdestvensky (1965), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Haubold (1971), Thulborn (1974), Molnar (1980), Russell (1984), Clemens (1986), Carroll (1988) and Longrich (2008); to Lambeosaurini by Sullivan et al. (2011) and Prieto-Marquez et al. (2013); to Corythosaurini by Evans et al. (2007), Evans and Reisz (2007), Gates et al. (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); to Lambeosaurinae by Parks (1923), Gilmore (1924), Nopcsa (1928), Hay (1930), Gilmore (1933), Parks (1935), Sternberg (1935), Nagao (1936), Riabinin (1939), Wilfarth (1940), Lull and Wright (1942), Sternberg (1953), Sternberg (1954), Tatarinov (1964), Rozhdestvensky (1968), Dodson (1975), Hopson (1975), Brett-Surman (1979), McIntosh (1981), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Dodson (1983), Maryanska and Osmólska (1984), Weishampel and Horner (1990), Chapman and Brett-Surman (1990), Forster and Sereno (1994), Vickaryous and Ryan (1997), Forster (1997), Godefroit et al. (1998), Eberth et al. (2001), You et al. (2003), Godefroit et al. (2003), Horner et al. (2004), Godefroit et al. (2004), Ryan and Evans (2005), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2006), Mo et al. (2007), Evans et al. (2009), Prieto-Márquez (2010), Prieto-Márquez (2010), Prieto-Marquez and Salinas (2010), Prieto-Márquez and Wagner (2010), Ramírez-Velasco et al. (2012), Ryan et al. (2012), Prieto-Marquez (2013), Bell (2014), Cruzado-Caballero and Powell (2017), Takasaki et al. (2019) and Dalla Vecchia (2020); and to Euhadrosauria by Verdú et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Corythosaurus Brown p. 560 figs. Pl. 41
1915Corythosaurus Matthew p. 28
1918Corythosaurus Lambe p. 138
1920Corythosaurus Lambe pp. 67-68
1923Corythosaurus Parks p. 8
1924Corythosaurus Gilmore p. 34
1924Corythosaurus Lull p. 241
1927Corythosaurus Huene p. 260
1928Corythosaurus Nopcsa p. 185
1930Corythosaurus Hay p. 218
1930Corythosaurus Russell p. 149
1933Corythosaurus Gilmore p. 62
1935Corythosaurus Parks p. 21
1935Corythosaurus Sternberg p. 4
1936Corythosaurus Nagao p. 213
1939Corythosaurus Riabinin p. 12
1940Corythosaurus Wilfarth p. 3
1942Corythosaurus Lull and Wright p. 133
1953Corythosaurus Sternberg p. 11
1954Corythosaurus Sternberg p. 383
1956Corythosaurus Romer p. 630
1963Corythosaurus Parsch p. 8
1964Corythosaurus Kuhn p. 18
1964Corythosaurus Tatarinov p. 568
1965Corythosaurus Rozhdestvensky
1966Corythosaurus Romer p. 370
1968Corythosaurus Rozhdestvensky
1970Corythosaurus Swinton p. 222
1971Corythosaurus Haubold p. 89
1974Corythosaurus Thulborn p. 173
1975Corythosaurus Dodson p. 51
1975Corythosaurus Hopson p. 27 fig. 3
1979Corythosaurus Brett-Surman p. 561 fig. 1
1980Corythosaurus Molnar p. 138
1981Corythosaurus McIntosh p. 33
1983Corythosaurus Dodson p. 94
1983Corythosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1984Corythosaurus Maryanska and Osmólska p. 131
1984Corythosaurus Russell p. 25
1986Corythosaurus Clemens p. 80
1988Corythosaurus Carroll
1990Corythosaurus Chapman and Brett-Surman p. 177
1990Corythosaurus Weishampel and Horner p. 557
1994Corythosaurus Forster and Sereno p. 25A
1997Corythosaurus Forster p. 297
1997Corythosaurus Ryan p. 257
1997Corythosaurus Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
1998Corythosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 51
2001Corythosaurus Eberth et al. p. 58
2003Corythosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 149
2003Corythosaurus You et al. p. 152 fig. 3
2004Corythosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 148 fig. 6
2004Corythosaurus Horner et al. p. 441
2005Corythosaurus Ryan and Evans p. 333
2006Corythosaurus Prieto-Márquez et al. p. 938
2007Corythosaurus Evans and Reisz pp. 386-387 fig. 9
2007Corythosaurus Gates et al. pp. 925-927 fig. 10
2007Corythosaurus Mo et al. p. 553 fig. 2
2008Corythosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 67 fig. 18
2008Corythosaurus Longrich p. 994
2009Corythosaurus Evans et al. p. 1316
2009Corythosaurus Pereda-Suberbiola et al. p. 568 fig. 6
2010Corythosaurus Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 1510 fig. 4
2010Corythosaurus Prieto-Marquez and Salinas p. 835 fig. 20
2010Corythosaurus Prieto-Márquez p. 5 fig. 2
2010Corythosaurus Prieto-Márquez and Wagner p. 1243 fig. 3
2011Corythosaurus Sullivan et al. p. 406
2012Corythosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 551
2012Corythosaurus Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2012Corythosaurus Ryan et al. p. 79
2013Corythosaurus Cruzado-Caballero et al.
2013Corythosaurus Prieto-Marquez
2013Corythosaurus Prieto-Marquez et al.
2014Corythosaurus Bell p. 580
2014Corythosaurus Bolotsky et al. p. 329
2017Corythosaurus Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 12 fig. 13
2019Corythosaurus Takasaki et al. p. 5
2020Corythosaurus Dalla Vecchia p. 612
2021Corythosaurus Verdú et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Styracosterna
—Hadrosauriformes
—Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
subfamilyLambeosaurinae
tribeCorythosauriniGlut 1997
genusCorythosaurus

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.

G. †Corythosaurus Brown 1914
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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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter1130.0
skull height1708.0

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: 3000 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: 2005-08-25 05:53:18
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:53:18
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Procheneosaurus erectofrons (142499)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) C. casuarius (150978) C. excavatus (62721)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. sp. (230098 230102)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) C. bicristatus (46317) C. brevicristatus (46319) C. casuarius (58760 58943 59017 59048 59050 59052) C. excavatus (59008) C. intermedius (58905 58906 59009 59106) C. sp. (59120 59144) Hadrosaurinae indet. (59221) Stephanosaurus intermedius (58904) Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis (59007) Tetragonosaurus erectofrons (46359) Tetragonosaurus sp. (58903) Trachodontidae indet. (52472)