Corythosaurus
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Corythosaurus casuarius skeleton
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόρῠς (kórŭs, “helmet”) + -saurus.
Proper noun
†Corythosaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – certain ornithopods having skulls with tall crests from the Late Cretaceous.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; †Ornithischia – order; Ornithopoda – infraorder; Iguanodontia – parvorder; Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia – taxa; Hadrosauroidea – superfamily; Hadrosauridae – family; Lambeosaurinae – subfamily; Lambeosaurini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Corythosaurus casuarius (type species), †Corythosaurus intermedius
Further reading
Corythosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Corythosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Corythosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
