Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus (/daɪˌloʊfəˈsɔːrəs, -foʊ-/[1] dy-LOHF-o-SOR-əs) is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It contains a single known species, D. wetherilli, known from fossil remains found in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. This rock formation has been dated to the early JurassicPeriod (Sinemurian age), about 193 million years ago. Dilophosaurus was among the largest carnivores of its time (about 7 meters long) and had a pair of rounded crests on its skull.
Category:Dinosaurs
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Reptiles
Category:Dilophosaurids
Category:Dinosaurs of Asia
Category:Early Jurassic dinosaurs of North America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1970
Category:Taxa named by Samuel Paul Welles
Category:Kayenta Formation
Category:Early Jurassic genus first appearances
Category:Early Jurassic genus extinctions