Eubrontes giganteus the State Fossil of Conniticut coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a predatory dinosaur called Eubrontes giganteus.

Eubrontes giganteus

Eubrontes giganteus was a large less-known Jurassic predatory dinosaur.  It is the state fossil of the US state of Connecticut.  In fact, there are several species of Eubrontes.  Those different species have been found in France, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Australia, Sweden, China, and Idia. Eubrontes footprints have even been found at the Johnson Farm Dinosaur Footprints site in Southern Utah, at Saint George, Utah.  (I live in Northern, Utah.)  The footprints have been found in other states like at the Riker Hill Fossil Site in Roseland, New Jersey.  

In fact, a couple of 14-year-old boys took a mold of one of the Eubrontes' footprints and sent it to the then-President of the United States, Richard Nixon.  The boys are Paul Olsen and Tony Lessa.  That was in the 70s so they are not boys anymore. 

Eubrontes is only known from footprints... all over the world pretty much.  Those footprints may be from Coelophysis or Dilophosaurus... or a totally unique animal.  The estimated size of this Theropod dinosaur is 27.5 feet or 8.4 meters long.  It is estimated to have weighed 1300 lbs or 600 kg in mass.

This drawing is my idea of what Eubrontes looked like...IF it was similar to Dilophosaurus.  Hence the crests on the snout and top of the head... that are not quite like those found on Dilophosaurus skulls. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" then scrolling down to the bottom of the drop-down menu.  New drawings are at the end of the list.  But be sure to look at the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" section of the Paleontology page.