Corythosaurus
kor-ITH-oh-SORE-us /kɒˌrɪθəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Corinthian-helmet lizard
- korythos · Greek · Corinthian helmet
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines the Greek "korythos" (helmet, specifically a Corinthian helmet) with "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the tall, rounded, hollow crest on the skull, which Barnum Brown thought resembled the crested helmets worn by ancient Corinthian warriors.
- Named by
- Brown
- Year named
- 1914
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada
A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid ("duck-billed dinosaur"). The type species is Corythosaurus casuarius. Fossils are also known from the Oldman Formation in Alberta and possibly Montana.