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Dilophosaurus

Information

Dilophosaurus was a fast-moving meat-eating dinosaur. A kink in its upper jaw may mean that it ate a certain kind of food, or attacked by gripping and holding on to prey – modern crocodiles have a similar kink.

The pair of thin bony crests on its head may have been for display.

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Fact file

Pronounced

die-LOAF-oh-sore-us

Meaning of name

two-ridged lizard

Length

  6m

Height

  2m

Weight

300kg - 450kg

Teeth

lots of sharp and curved teeth

Diet

carnivorous

Food

other animals

How it moved

on 2 legs

When it lived

Early Jurassic
(190  million years ago)

Found in

USA

Taxonomic details