Corythosaurus vs Microraptor

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Corythosaurus Microraptor
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Corythosaurus casuarius Microraptor gui
การจำแนกประเภท Hadrosauridae Dromaeosauridae
ยุคสมัย Cretaceous Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Herbivore Carnivore
ความยาว 9.0 m 0.8 m
Height 2.7 m 0.3 m
น้ำหนัก 3.8 t 1 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1914 2003
สถานที่ค้นพบ Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada Liaoning Province, China
ตั้งชื่อโดย Barnum Brown Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Corythosaurus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Microraptor 0.8 m

smaller than a human child

Weight Comparison

Corythosaurus 3.8 t

comparable to 3.8 small cars

Microraptor 1 kg

lighter than a human adult

Timeline Comparison

Corythosaurus
100.5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66.0 Mya
Microraptor
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Corythosaurus

Herbivore

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

Microraptor

Carnivore

Microraptor was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Classification Comparison

Corythosaurus

Clade: Ornithischia

Group: Hadrosauridae

(Duck-billed dinosaurs)

Microraptor

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Did You Know?

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Corythosaurus was about 11.2x longer than Microraptor.

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Corythosaurus weighed roughly 3800x more than Microraptor.

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Corythosaurus was a herbivore while Microraptor was a carnivore.

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Corythosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late while Microraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 79 million years.

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Corythosaurus was discovered 89 years earlier, in 1914.

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Corythosaurus belonged to Hadrosauridae while Microraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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