Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus wetherilli

Dilophosaurus was one of the earliest large carnivorous dinosaurs. It had two distinctive parallel crests on its skull. Contrary to Jurassic Park, there is no evidence it had a frill or spat venom.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Human Scale
लंबाई	7.0 m	roughly the length of a large SUV
Height	2.0 m	—
वजन	400 kg	about 6 adult humans

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Dilophosaurus was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Jurassic Early Mesozoic Era

Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 201.4 to 174.7 million years ago.

After the Triassic-Jurassic extinction, dinosaurs rapidly diversified and became the dominant land vertebrates. Early sauropods and theropods began to evolve larger body sizes.

Discovery & Naming

नामकर्ता	Samuel P. Welles
खोज वर्ष	1954
खोज स्थान	Tuba City, Arizona, USA

वर्गीकरण

Dinosauria → Saurischia → Theropoda → Dilophosaurus

Beast feet

Bipedal, mostly carnivorous dinosaurs that include the largest land predators ever to live. Theropods gave rise to modern birds. Ranges from tiny Compsognathus to massive Tyrannosaurus rex.

Size Comparison

At 7.0 meters long and 400.0 kg, Dilophosaurus was roughly the length of a large SUV and about 6 adult humans.

Other dinosaurs from the same period:

Adeopapposaurus mognai Manidens condorensis Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri Ammosaurus Amygdalodon patagonicus Gigandipus caudatus

Quick Facts

वर्गीकरण	Theropoda
भूवैज्ञानिक युग	Jurassic Early
आहार	Carnivore
आकार	7.0m long, 2.0m tall, 400.0kg