Anchiornis vs Corythosaurus

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Anchiornis and Corythosaurus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Anchiornis Corythosaurus
학명 Anchiornis huxleyi Corythosaurus casuarius
분류 Theropoda Hadrosauridae
시대 Jurassic Late Cretaceous Late
식성 Insectivore Herbivore
길이 0.4 m 9.0 m
Height 0.2 m 2.7 m
무게 0 kg 3.8 t
발견 연도 2009 1914
발견 위치 Tiaojishan Formation, China Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada
명명자 Xu Xing et al. Barnum Brown
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Size Comparison

Anchiornis 0.4 m

smaller than a human child

Corythosaurus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Anchiornis 0 kg

lighter than a human adult

Corythosaurus 3.8 t

comparable to 3.8 small cars

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Timeline Comparison

Anchiornis
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Corythosaurus
100.5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66.0 Mya
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Diet Comparison

Anchiornis

Insectivore

Anchiornis primarily fed on insects and other small invertebrates.

Corythosaurus

Herbivore

Corythosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

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Classification Comparison

Anchiornis

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Corythosaurus

Clade: Ornithischia

Group: Hadrosauridae

(Duck-billed dinosaurs)

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Did You Know?

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Corythosaurus was about 22.5x longer than Anchiornis.

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Corythosaurus weighed roughly 38000x more than Anchiornis.

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Anchiornis was a insectivore while Corythosaurus was a herbivore.

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Anchiornis lived during the Jurassic Late while Corythosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late, separated by roughly 44 million years.

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Corythosaurus was discovered 95 years earlier, in 1914.

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Anchiornis belonged to Theropoda while Corythosaurus belonged to Hadrosauridae.

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