Features
Its large hollow cranial crest was a distinctive feature.
Corythosaurus casuarius was a hadrosaur from Late Cretaceous Canada. Its large hollow cranial crest was a distinctive feature.
Scientific uncertainty
Crest function and its relationship to sound production are treated as hypotheses. The illustrated crest outline and proportions are explanatory reconstruction, not an established depiction of a particular specimen. Colour, soft tissues and posture in the reconstruction include inference.
References
- Corythosaurus ↗Natural History Museum, London
- Corythosaurus skin impressions ↗American Museum of Natural History
- Ontogenetic changes in the cranial biomechanics of a crested hadrosaurid dinosaur ↗Evolution / Oxford University Press
