Dilophosaurus vs Eoraptor

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Dilophosaurus Eoraptor
Bilimsel Ad Dilophosaurus wetherilli Eoraptor lunensis
Sınıflandırma Theropoda Saurischia
Dönem Jurassic Early Triassic Late
Diyet Carnivore Omnivore
Uzunluk 7.0 m 1.0 m
Height 2.0 m 0.3 m
Ağırlık 400 kg 10 kg
Keşif Yılı 1954 1993
Keşif Yeri Tuba City, Arizona, USA Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina
Adlandıran Samuel P. Welles Paul Sereno et al.

Size Comparison

Dilophosaurus 7.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Eoraptor 1.0 m

smaller than a human child

Weight Comparison

Dilophosaurus 400 kg

about 6 adult humans

Eoraptor 10 kg

lighter than a human adult

Timeline Comparison

Dilophosaurus
201,4 Mya Jurassic Early (Mesozoic) 174,7 Mya
Eoraptor
237,0 Mya Triassic Late (Mesozoic) 201,4 Mya

Diet Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Carnivore

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

Eoraptor

Omnivore

Eoraptor had an omnivorous diet, consuming both plants and small animals.

Classification Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Eoraptor

Group: Saurischia

(Lizard-hipped dinosaurs)

Did You Know?

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Dilophosaurus was about 7.0x longer than Eoraptor.

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Dilophosaurus weighed roughly 40x more than Eoraptor.

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Dilophosaurus was a carnivore while Eoraptor was a omnivore.

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Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early while Eoraptor lived during the Triassic Late, separated by roughly 62 million years.

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Dilophosaurus was discovered 39 years earlier, in 1954.

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Dilophosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Eoraptor belonged to Saurischia.

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