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briankroesch — Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Published: 2005-06-13 07:57:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 2746; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 44
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Description
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
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Comments: 8
Wow! Impressive for the time this was posted!
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IMO, male dilophosaurids sport a thick cape esque mantle running from the start of the neck to the center of the lower tail, with the collar and shoulders draped to appear as if it's wearing a makeshift cape.
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You seem to be very well informed so let me ask you something about this animal: were its crests really parallel? or did them form any angle different from unity? it's just i'm working on a scene involving Dilophosaurus and want to be accurate about this while almost everything i have found on the net is the profile view of the head and not a single one frontal view.
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According to Dinosaur Illustrations I read it had a pair of semicircular bony crests, that rose vertically on either side of the skull. These crests were very thin in places and were given support by vertical struts of bone.
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Thanks, you've answered a question wich has been in my minde for a long time.
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I don't know. Good question though.
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Dang...you need more comments this is intresting
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