[D] Dilophosaurus wetherilli [Su] [T]
Describer
Welles, 1954
Time
Jurassic Early Sinemurian ?Pliensbachian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria Halticosauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Kayenta Formation, Gold Springs, Moenkopi Wash, Landmark Wash, Arizona, US
Fall Under
Dilophosaurus
Length
6 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Dilophosaurus (Welles, 1970) > Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Welles, 1954) = Megalosaurus wetherilli (Welles, 1954)
Dilophosaurus > Dilophosaurus sinensis (Hu, 1993)
Dilophosaurus > Dilophosaurus breedorum (Welles, 1995 [manuscript date] vide Welles & Pickering, 1999)
Holotype: UCMP 37302, 2 associated subadult skeletons, partial skeleton, 4 other fragmentary induviduals. Gay (2001) reported 2 possible 3 specimens of Dilophosaurus wetherilli belonging to the collections of the Museum of Northern Arizona, that were discovered in 1978 from the Kayenta Formation in the rock Head area (193 Km from the original type locality).