Dilophosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus Rex

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Dilophosaurus Tyrannosaurus Rex
Bilimsel Ad Dilophosaurus wetherilli Tyrannosaurus rex
Sınıflandırma Theropoda Tyrannosauridae
Dönem Jurassic Early Cretaceous Late
Diyet Carnivore Carnivore
Uzunluk 7.0 m 12.3 m
Height 2.0 m 3.7 m
Ağırlık 400 kg 8.4 t
Keşif Yılı 1954 1905
Keşif Yeri Tuba City, Arizona, USA Montana, USA
Adlandıran Samuel P. Welles Henry Fairfield Osborn

Size Comparison

Dilophosaurus 7.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Tyrannosaurus Rex 12.3 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Weight Comparison

Dilophosaurus 400 kg

about 6 adult humans

Tyrannosaurus Rex 8.4 t

about the weight of 1.4 elephants

Timeline Comparison

Dilophosaurus
201,4 Mya Jurassic Early (Mesozoic) 174,7 Mya
Tyrannosaurus Rex
100,5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66,0 Mya

Diet Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Carnivore

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

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Dilophosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Tyrannosauridae

(Tyrant lizards)

Did You Know?

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Tyrannosaurus Rex was about 1.8x longer than Dilophosaurus.

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Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed roughly 21x more than Dilophosaurus.

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Both Dilophosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex were carnivores.

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Dilophosaurus lived during the Jurassic Early while Tyrannosaurus Rex lived during the Cretaceous Late, separated by roughly 74 million years.

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Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered 49 years earlier, in 1905.

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Dilophosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Tyrannosaurus Rex belonged to Tyrannosauridae.

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Dilophosaurus wetherilli

7.0m long, 2.0m tall, 400.0kg · Jurassic Early

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12.3m long, 3.7m tall, 8.4t · Cretaceous Late

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