Dilophosaurus
(dy-LOH-fo-sawr-us)
Length: 20 feet
Lived during: Early Jurassic
Found: Arizona
Name means: Two crested lizard
One of the very oldest of the well known meat eaters,
Dilophosaurus large head was filled with long, sharp, slender teeth, and
topped with a set of two curving crests. No one is certain what these
crests were for, brightly colored. There's no evidence that the animal
was able to spit poison, as seen in a popular movie.
Lived at the same time as: Anchisaurus, Megalosaurus,
Plesiosaurus, Scelidosaurus
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