Is Cryolophosaurus a real dinosaur?

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.

Are Cryolophosaurus and Dilophosaurus related?

While a subsequent study by Hammer (along with Smith and Currie) again recovered Cryolophosaurus as a tetanuran, a later (2007) study by the same authors found that it was more closely related to Dilophosaurus and Dracovenator.

Is Sinosaurus a Dilophosaurus?

Sinosaurus is the only “dilophosaurid” known from a complete braincase. Cryolophosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Zupaysaurus and Coelophysis kayentakatae are all known from partial braincases.

What was the biggest Dilophosaurus?

It was also the largest known land-animal of North America during the Early Jurassic. Slender and lightly built, its size was comparable to that of a brown bear. The largest known specimen weighed about 400 kilograms (880 lb), measured about 7 meters (23 ft) in length, and its skull was 590 millimeters (231⁄4 in) long.

What is the name of the quarry T Tanneri was discovered in?

Most researchers now regard both specimens as belonging to Torvosaurus tanneri. In 2012, a still undescribed, 55% complete specimen was discovered in Colorado in the Skull Creek Quarry, an exposure of the Morrison Formation.

What period did the Cryolophosaurus live in?

199.3 million years ago – 182.7 million years ago (Sinemurian – Pliensbachian)Cryolophosaurus ellioti / Lived

Did Cryolophosaurus live in Australia?

With the break-up of Gondwana, Allosaurus and Cryolophosaurus parted company, as Australia drifted northward toward the equator and Antarctica drifted southward to the South Pole.

Who discovered Cryolophosaurus?

Cryolophosaurus was first excavated by David Elliot, a geologist from Ohio who had agreed to split the funding of the archaeological dig with William R. Hammer. Elliot found his Cryolophosaurus specimen embedded in rock some 13,000 feet above sea level and 400 miles from the South Pole.