Corythosaurus casuarius
Corythosaurus casuarius
Pronunciation: core-ITH-oh_SORE-us, CASS-oo-WARE-ee-us
Meaning of name: Helmeted lizard, like a cassowary bird
Length: 30 feet (9 meters)
Weight: Estimated 3 tons (2,700 kg)
Diet: Plants
Range: North America (Alberta)
Age: Late Cretaceous, 76-73 million years ago
What's real?: Most of this fossil skeleton is real. The skull is a cast of an original Corythosaurus skull from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
What is it? Corythosaurus is a hadrosaur (or duckbill) dinosaur.