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Dinosaur: Cryolophosaurus ellioti
| Length*: | 7.7 m | 25.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 800 kg | 1,764 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Sinemurian
Years: 199.3–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Hammer & Hickerson
Year: 1994
Distribution
Area: Antarctica
Region: Ross Dependency
Formation: Hanson
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton and skull. Other material.
References: Smith, Makovicky, Hammer and Currie, (2007). Osteology of Cryolophosaurus ellioti (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica and implications for early theropod evolution.
