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Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- cry-o-loaf-oh-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'frozen crested lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 8.0m
- Weight:
- 500kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- many sharp and pointed teeth
- Food:
- other animals
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 170 million years ago
- Found in:
- Antarctica
Cryolophosaurus is one of the earliest meat-eating dinosaurs found so far. It lived in what is now Antarctica and had a small curved crest on the top of its head.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Carnosauria
- Named by:
- Hammer and Hickerson (1994)
- Type species:
- elliotti
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