Dinosaurs! -Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus
"Two-Ridged Reptile"

Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder:Ceratosauria

Physical Characteristics

20' in length

Strong jaw lined with knife-sharp teeth

Unusually mobile snout

Agile

Carnivorous

Bipedal

Thin ridges that ran along the top of it's head.

Fossil Sites

Arizona; USA

Geologic Age

Early Jurassic

Paleo Notes
Dilophosaurus's double crest on it's head was possibly a secondary sex characteristic occuring only in males. It's purpose would have been to attract a mate.

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