Dilophosaurus

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Dilophosaurus

Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Dilophosaurus model
Dilophosaurus model
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Superfamily: Coelophysoidea
Family: Dilophosauridae
Genus: Dilophosaurus
Welles, 1970
Species
  • D. wetherelli
  • D. breedorum
  •  ?D. sinensis

Dilophosaurus was a huge dinosaur from 200 million years ago that fed on sauropodmorph dinosaurs. It has a small relative named Coelophysis. It was shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America scaring off a pack of Megapnosaurus and eating an Anchisaurus.