Corythosaurus

Pronunciation:
koh-rith-OH-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Corinthian helmet lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
10.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Lambeosaurinae
Named by:
Brown (1914)
Type species:
casuarius