Corythoraptor was a medium-sized Oviraptorosaur, that was possibly an omnivorous dinosaur. It was placed in the family Oviraptoridae, and placed into the subfamily Oviraptorinae. Though some suggest putting it in a hypothetical clade, Citipatiinae. I was quite large for a Caenagnathoidean, with the type specimen reaching up to 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) in length. Oviraptorids may have predominantly inhabited arid environments and ate xerophytic (drought-resistant) plants, nuts, and seeds. However, Corythoraptor coexisted with six other oviraptorid genera, and they may have all eaten different foods (niche partitioning). It contains one species, C. jacobsi, known from a single well-preserved skeleton, and named after paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs. It was found in the late Maastrichtian Nanxiong Formation of South China.
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- Corythoraptor made an appearance in Prehistoric Planet.
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