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  • C. casuarius (Brown, 1914 ) type species

    • Name : Corythosaurus Species : casuarius
    Pronounced : ko-RITH-o-SAWR-us Pronounced : KAZ-yoo-AYR-ee-us
    Meaning : "helmet lizard"
         		Meaning : "cassowary"
    Length :
    10 meters (33 feet)     		Height at hips :
    		Weight :
    3.8 tons
    Diet : herbivore = plant eater Period : Upper Cretaceous
    Superorder :
    Dinosauria     		Order :
    Ornithischia     		Suborder :
    Ornithopoda     		Family :
    Hadrosauridae
    Discovered by:
    		When Discovered:
    		Described by:
    Barnum Brown     		When Described:
    1914
    Fossils found in : (Old Man Formation), Alberta, Canada
    Charactistics and things of interest:
    The first thing one notices about the head of this Hadrosaur is the peculiar helmet like crest (from which it gets it's name) which looks somewhat like a dinner plate set up there.
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