Dilophosaurus coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of Dilophosaurus

along with other animals that lived in the 

the early Jurassic ecosystem of North America.

Dilophosaurus of the Early Jurassic

This is a drawing of Dilophosaurus.  It was a Theropod carnivorous dinosaur of the Early Jurassic Period.  It lived in what is now North America.  It was depicted in Jurassic Park as having a frill and spitting poison.  We do not know that this is what it had and could do, but some modern reptiles do have frills and some modern reptiles can spit poison.  The movie also depicted Dilophosaurus as being maybe 9 feet long or so. 

I absolutely adore the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies.  However, in reality, Dilophosaurus was actually much bigger than depicted.  Dilophosaurus was the top predator in its Early Jurassic ecosystem about 201-183 million years ago.  Its fossils were first found in Arizona, USA.  

The full frills have never been found.  So we are not sure what it looked like.  Dilophosaurus means "two-frilled lizard."  Google "Dilophosaurus" and you will see various artists' renditions of this dinosaur- each with a different shaped pair of frills. 

The mammal that the Dilophosuarus is confronting (and planning on eating) is an early mammal-like reptile called Dinnebitodon.  Dinnebitodon was quite small.  In reality, it would have only been a mouthful for a full-sized Dilophosaurus.  So I guess we COULD say that this is a fairly young Dilophosaurs.  

The long-necked dinosaur in the background is a Prosauropod named "Sarahsaurus."  It was about 13 feet or 4 meters long.  It weighed around 440 lbs or massed at 200 kg. It was an ancestor to the huge Sauropods of the later Jurassic Period and of the Cretaceous Period. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology."  Then scroll down to the bottom  of the Mesozoic Life section to find this drawing.  If you are finding this in late March or early April of 2024 then this will be the last drawing on the Mesozoic part of the list and it will be located at the bottom of the list of Paleontology drawings.  However, if you are finding this well after April 3rd, 2024 then this will NOT be at the very bottom of the Mesozoic Life section.  Since we are going on vacation and seeing Argentinosaurus and Gigonotosaurus at the Fernbandk Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia, I will be drawing both those dinosaurs and posting them when we get back.