Cryolophosaurus

Description

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
• Weight 500kg
• Teeth many sharp and pointed teeth
• Diet carnivorous
• Food other animals
• How it moved on 2 legs
• When it lived Early Jurassic (170 million years ago)
• Found in Antarctica

Taxonomic details

• Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Sinraptoridae, Yangchuanosaurus
• Named by: Dong, Chang, Li and Zhou (1978)
• Type species: shangyouensis