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

Thuộc tính Dilophosaurus Microraptor
Tên khoa học Dilophosaurus wetherilli Microraptor gui
Phân loại Theropoda Dromaeosauridae
Kỷ Jurassic Early Cretaceous Early
Chế độ ăn Carnivore Carnivore
Chiều dài 7.0 m 0.8 m
Height 2.0 m 0.3 m
Cân nặng 400 kg 1 kg
Năm khám phá 1954 2003
Địa điểm khám phá Tuba City, Arizona, USA Liaoning Province, China
Được đặt tên bởi 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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