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At about 7 m (23 ft) in length, with a weight of about 400 kg (880 lb), Dilophosaurus was one of the earliest large predatory dinosaurs and the largest known land-animal in North America at the time. It was slender and lightly built, and the skull was proportionally large, but delicate.
Thanks to its inaccurate portrayal in 1993's "Jurassic Park," the Dilophosaurus may be the most misunderstood dinosaur that ever lived. The poison-spitting, neck-fluttering, dog-size chimera in Steven Spielberg's movie came almost purely from his imagination. Here are 10 facts about this Jurassic creature:
Dilophosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what's now North America. It gets its name - meaning 'two-crested lizard' - from the distinctive double crests on top of its head. In life, they would probably be covered with hard keratin, the same material that makes up human hair and fingernails.
Dilophosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that roamed North America during the early Jurassic Period. Popularized (inaccurately) by the Jurassic Park film franchise, these two-crested creatures continue to fascinate paleontologists to this day!
Spotting an SUV-size herbivore in the distance, the 20-foot-long predator picks up its pace. Attacking the animal, it uses sharp claws and strong arms to hold its prey while it takes a bite....
Everything you should know about the Dilophosaurus. The Dilophosaurus is a somewhat large predatory dinosaur with dual crests on its head.
But in the nearly three decades since Dilophosaurus got the Hollywood treatment, researchers have recovered significant new fossil specimens of this dinosaur and analyzed all of the remains with...
Dilophosaurus is a theropod dinosaur that lived around 193 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic. One of the largest predatory dinosaurs of North America of the time, Dilophosaurus is known for the distinctive paired crests on its head.
Dilophosaurus, meaning “Double-Crested Lizard,” derives its name from the Greek words for “two” (di), “crest” (lophos), and “lizard” (sauros). This carnivorous dinosaur is best known for the pair of crests that adorned its head, a feature that has led to much speculation about their purpose.
Dilophosaurus wetherilli was the largest animal known to have lived on land in North America during the Early Jurassic. Despite its charismatic presence in pop culture and dinosaurian phylogenetic analyses, major aspects of the skeletal anatomy, taxonomy, ontogeny, and evolutionary relationships of this dinosaur remain unknown.