Ankylosaurus vs Dilophosaurus

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Ankylosaurus Dilophosaurus
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ankylosaurus magniventris Dilophosaurus wetherilli
การจำแนกประเภท Ankylosauria Theropoda
ยุคสมัย Cretaceous Late Jurassic Early
อาหาร Herbivore Carnivore
ความยาว 10.0 m 7.0 m
Height 1.7 m 2.0 m
น้ำหนัก 6.0 t 400 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1908 1954
สถานที่ค้นพบ Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA Tuba City, Arizona, USA
ตั้งชื่อโดย Barnum Brown Samuel P. Welles

Size Comparison

Ankylosaurus 10.0 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Dilophosaurus 7.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Ankylosaurus 6.0 t

about the weight of 1.0 elephants

Dilophosaurus 400 kg

about 6 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Ankylosaurus
100.5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66.0 Mya
Dilophosaurus
201.4 Mya Jurassic Early (Mesozoic) 174.7 Mya

Diet Comparison

Ankylosaurus

Herbivore

Ankylosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Dilophosaurus

Carnivore

Dilophosaurus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Classification Comparison

Ankylosaurus

Clade: Thyreophora

Group: Ankylosauria

(Fused lizards)

Dilophosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Did You Know?

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Ankylosaurus weighed roughly 15x more than Dilophosaurus.

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Ankylosaurus was a herbivore while Dilophosaurus was a carnivore.

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Ankylosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late while Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early, separated by roughly 135 million years.

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Ankylosaurus was discovered 46 years earlier, in 1908.

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Ankylosaurus belonged to Ankylosauria while Dilophosaurus belonged to Theropoda.

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