Anchiornis vs Irritator

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Anchiornis Irritator
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Anchiornis huxleyi Irritator challengeri
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Spinosauridae
ยุคสมัย Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Insectivore Piscivore
ความยาว 0.4 m 8.0 m
Height 0.2 m 2.5 m
น้ำหนัก 0 kg 1.0 t
ปีที่ค้นพบ 2009 1996
สถานที่ค้นพบ Tiaojishan Formation, China Santana Formation, Brazil
ตั้งชื่อโดย Xu Xing et al. David Martill et al.

Size Comparison

Anchiornis 0.4 m

smaller than a human child

Irritator 8.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Anchiornis 0 kg

lighter than a human adult

Irritator 1.0 t

comparable to 1.0 small cars

Timeline Comparison

Anchiornis
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Irritator
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Anchiornis

Insectivore

Anchiornis primarily fed on insects and other small invertebrates.

Irritator

Piscivore

Irritator was a fish-eater, specialized in catching aquatic prey.

Classification Comparison

Anchiornis

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Irritator

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Spinosauridae

(Spine lizards)

Did You Know?

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Irritator was about 20.0x longer than Anchiornis.

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Irritator weighed roughly 10000x more than Anchiornis.

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Anchiornis was a insectivore while Irritator was a piscivore.

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Anchiornis lived during the Jurassic Late while Irritator lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.

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Irritator was discovered 13 years earlier, in 1996.

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Anchiornis belonged to Theropoda while Irritator belonged to Spinosauridae.

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