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Cryolophosaurus
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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.
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- Pronounced
- cry-o-loaf-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- frozen crested lizard
- Length
- 8m
- Height
- 3m
- Weight
- 500kg
- Teeth
- many sharp and pointed teeth
- Diet
- carnivorous
- Food
- other animals
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Early Jurassic
(170 million years ago) - Found in
- Antarctica
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Carnosauria, Cryolophosaurus
- Named by
- Hammer and Hickerson (1994)
- Type species
- elliotti