Coelophysis vs Dilophosaurus
Una comparación detallada en paralelo de Coelophysis y Dilophosaurus, que incluye tamaño, dieta, clasificación, período geológico e historia de descubrimiento.
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| Propiedad | Coelophysis | Dilophosaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Coelophysis bauri | Dilophosaurus wetherilli |
| Clasificación | Theropoda | Theropoda |
| Período | Triassic Late | Jurassic Early |
| Dieta | Carnivore | Carnivore |
| Longitud | 3.0 m | 7.0 m |
| Peso | 1.0 m | 2.0 m |
| Peso | 20 kg | 400 kg |
| Año de descubrimiento | 1889 | 1954 |
| Lugar de descubrimiento | Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA | Tuba City, Arizona, USA |
| Nombrado por | Edward Drinker Cope | Samuel P. Welles |
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about the size of a human adult
roughly the length of a large SUV
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lighter than a human adult
about 6 adult humans
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Coelophysis
CarnivoreCoelophysis era un depredador carnívoro que cazaba otros animales para alimentarse.
Dilophosaurus
CarnivoreDilophosaurus era un depredador carnívoro que cazaba otros animales para alimentarse.
Clasificaciones
Coelophysis
Dilophosaurus
Ambos dinosaurios comparten un ancestro común dentro del clado Theropoda.
Diferencias clave
- Dilophosaurus (7 m, ~400 kg) was much larger than Coelophysis (3 m, ~20 kg).
- Dilophosaurus had two distinctive parallel bony crests on its skull; Coelophysis had a plain, slender skull.
- Both lived in the Early Jurassic–Late Triassic of North America and were among the earliest large theropods.
- Dilophosaurus had a notch in its upper jaw (kinked jaw) of uncertain function; Coelophysis had a uniform, unkinked jaw.
- Jurassic Park depicted Dilophosaurus as spitting venom — there is no fossil evidence for this ability.
¿Sabías que?
Dilophosaurus was about 2.3x longer than Coelophysis.
Dilophosaurus weighed roughly 20x more than Coelophysis.
Both Coelophysis and Dilophosaurus were carnivores.
Coelophysis lived during the Triassic Late while Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.
Coelophysis was discovered 65 years earlier, in 1889.
Both belong to the Theropoda clade, making them relatively close relatives.
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