单词 | corythosaurus |
释义 | Corythosaurusn. Palaeontology. An extinct genus of dinosaurian reptiles remains of which were found in Alberta, Canada, in 1912; so called because of their crested skulls. Also (with lower-case initial), a reptile of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Ornithiscia > genus Corythosaurus Corythosaurus1914 the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Ornithiscia > genus Corythosaurus > member of Corythosaurus1957 1914 B. Brown in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXIII. 559 (title) Corythosaurus casuarius, a new crested dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous. 1914 B. Brown in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXIII. 565 Corythosaurus. —Skull short with high anterior, helmet-like crest formed by nasals, prefrontals and frontals. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 199 In Corythosaurus we find a peculiar, thin, hollow, dome-like structure capping the skull. 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 32/1 He was working on a corythosaurus, a large, herbivorous, duck-billed type [of dinosaur]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1914 |
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