Range Map of Corythosaurus
Quick Facts
- Diet: Herbivore (plant-eater), perhaps eating pine needles, conifers, ginkgos, seeds, cycads, twigs, and magnolia leaves.
- Average life span: 65 years
- Height: 6.6 ft tall at the hips
- Length: 30-33 ft
- Weight: 4 or 5 tons (about as heavy as an elephant)
Corythosaurus Anatomy
Corythosaurus
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- Means “helmet lizard”
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- Had a hollow, bony crest on top of its long head in the shape of a helmet flattened on the sides
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- Had duck-like bill, a toothless beak and hundreds of cheek teeth that it used to grind up its food
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- Lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 80 to 65 million years ago
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- Walked and ran on two legs, and was a relatively fast dinosaur. It may have gone on all fours to forage for low-lying plants
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- Had shorter arms, and a long, heavy tail
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- Spent much time in the water
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- Had no natural defenses
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- Was named by Barnum Brown in 1914 from a fossil found in Alberta, Canada
- Fossils have been found in North America, including Montana, USA, and Alberta, Canada
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