Corythoraptor
Field photograph to come
Corythoraptor
DV-0978 · type species Corythoraptor jacobsi
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lü et al. 2017
Field notes
About Corythoraptor
Corythoraptor was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Corythoraptor, from China. Its fossils come from the Hekou Formation. It was named by Lü et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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