Dilophosaurus wetherilli

TYPE SPECIES: D. wetherilli, Welles, 1954 (moved from Megalosaurus)
OTHER SPECIES: D. breedorum, Welles, 1995 vide Welles & Pickering, 1999
D. sinensis, Hu, 1993
SYNONYMS: none
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CLASSIFICATION:
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelophysoidea


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LENGTH: 6-7 meters (16-22 feet)

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TIME PERIOD: Sinemurian to Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic)

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LOCATION: Arizona (D. wetherilli & D. breedorum), China (D. sinensis)

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ABOUT: A large coelophysoid (one of the largest, actually). Had two parallel crests running down the head.

Drawn by Brian Roesch