Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Also known as C. ellioti
Cryolophosaurus ( or ; ) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica. It was one of the largest theropods of the Early Jurassic, with the subadult, being estimated to have reached long and weighed .
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- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Skull
- Classification
- Paleobiology
- Cranial ornamentation
- Diet
- Paleopathology
- Paleoenvironment
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Cryolophosaurus ( or ; ) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica. It was one of the largest theropods of the Early Jurassic, with the subadult, being estimated to have reached long and weighed .
Cryolophosaurus was first excavated from Antarctica's Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian aged Hanson Formation, formerly the upper Falla Formation, by paleontologist Dr. William Hammer in 1991. It was the first carnivorous dinosaur to be discovered in Antarctica, and the first non-avian dinosaur from the continent to be officially named. The sediments in which its fossils were found have been dated to about 196 to 188 million years ago, representing the Early Jurassic Period.