Genus
Valid Extinct

Corythoraptor

Lü et al. 2017

Corythoraptor is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Nanxiong Formation of South China. It contains one species, C. jacobsi, known from a single well-preserved skeleton, and named after paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs. It bears a tall crest similar to that of the modern cassowary, and possibly had a similar functionality of display and resonance to detect lower-frequency sounds.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Corythoraptor
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The holotype of Corythoraptor jacobsi gen. et sp. nov. (JPM-2015-001). Skeletal reconstruction (missing parts are in grey). © Junchang Lü, Guoqing Li, Martin Kundrát, Yuong-Nam Lee, Zhenyuan Sun, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Caizhi Shen, Fangfang Teng & Hanfeng Liu · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Oviraptoridae Family
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Citipatinae Subfamily
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Corythoraptor Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Hekou
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Corythoraptor jacobsi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, G. Li, and M. Kundrát, Y.-N. Lee, Z. Sun, Y. Kobayashi, C. Shen, F. Teng, H. Liu . 2017. High diversity of the Ganzhou oviraptorid fauna increased by a new “cassowary-like” crested species. Scientific Reports 7:6393:1-13 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Lü, G. Li, and M. Kundrát, Y.-N. Lee, Z. Sun, Y. Kobayashi, C. Shen, F. Teng, H. Liu . 2017. High diversity of the Ganzhou oviraptorid fauna increased by a new “cassowary-like” crested species. Scientific Reports 7:6393:1-13 DOI ↗