Cryolophosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0368Hanson Fm., Antarctica

Cryolophosaurus

DV-0368

Lived
200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 8 m (26 ft)
Group
Theropods
Found in
Antarctica
Named by
Hammer and Hickerson 1994

Field notes

About Cryolophosaurus

Cryolophosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Cryolophosaurus, from Antarctica. Its fossils come from the Hanson Formation. It was named by Hammer and Hickerson in 1994.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Cryolophosaurus: about 8 m (26 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Tetanurae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W. R. Hammer and W. J. Hickerson. 1994. A crested theropod dinosaur from Antarctica. Science 264:828-830