Cryolophosaurus
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Cryolophosaurus
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- 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
190 million years ago
To scale
How big was Cryolophosaurus?
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