Dilophosaurus | |
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An artist's illustration of Dilophosaurus. | |
Information | |
Range | Early Jurassic Period. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Dinosauria |
Family | Dilophosauridae |
Genus | Dilophosaurus |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
Dilophosaurus wetherilli is a genus from the Dilophosauridae family. It was a carnivorous dinosaur of the early Jurassic.
Appearance[]
It had a thin, long tail, slender legs, and long arms that were used to capture prey. Dilophosaurus lived around 193 million years ago. It was about six meters long and weighed about 500 lbs. Studies by Robert Gay show no indication that there was a difference between male and female Dilophosaurus but says nothing about crest variation. The first skeleton was discovered in 1942 in Arizona.
Behavior[]
The crests on it's head were used to attract mates.
History of discovery[]
A Navajo man named Jesse Williams found the first Dilophosaurus specimens in 1940 on Navajo Nation land near Tuba City, Arizona. In 1942, Williams showed the fossils to paleontologists at the University of California, Berkeley, including Samuel Welles, who named it as a new species in 1954.
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- Contrary to it's appearances in Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous seasons 4-5 and Jurassic World Dominion the real life Dilophosaurus did not have a neck frill and did not shoot venom.
- Dilophosaurus was a carnivorous dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Period, 193 to 176 million years ago. It was a large, bipedal predator with long legs and a long neck with twin crests on its head. It was about 20 ft long and could weigh up to 1000 lb. Unlike movie depictions it did not have poison or a neck frill.