Dilophosaurus vs Microraptor

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Dilophosaurus Microraptor
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Dilophosaurus wetherilli Microraptor gui
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Dromaeosauridae
ยุคสมัย Jurassic Early Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Carnivore Carnivore
ความยาว 7.0 m 0.8 m
Height 2.0 m 0.3 m
น้ำหนัก 400 kg 1 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1954 2003
สถานที่ค้นพบ Tuba City, Arizona, USA Liaoning Province, China
ตั้งชื่อโดย Samuel P. Welles Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Dilophosaurus 7.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Microraptor 0.8 m

smaller than a human child

Weight Comparison

Dilophosaurus 400 kg

about 6 adult humans

Microraptor 1 kg

lighter than a human adult

Timeline Comparison

Dilophosaurus
201.4 Mya Jurassic Early (Mesozoic) 174.7 Mya
Microraptor
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Carnivore

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

Microraptor

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Microraptor

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Did You Know?

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Dilophosaurus was about 8.8x longer than Microraptor.

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Dilophosaurus weighed roughly 400x more than Microraptor.

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Both Dilophosaurus and Microraptor were carnivores.

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Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early while Microraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 30 million years.

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Dilophosaurus was discovered 49 years earlier, in 1954.

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Dilophosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Microraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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