Monolophosaurus monoh-lofoh-SƆːRUHS
"single-crested lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Monolophosaurus 5.5 m (18 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 5.5 m (18 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (163–161 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Monolophosaurus ( ; meaning “single-crested lizard”) is an extinct genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Shishugou Formation in what is now Xinjiang, China. It was named for the single crest on top of its skull. Monolophosaurus was a mid-sized theropod at about 5 – 5.5 m long and weighed 475 kg.
What we know
- Named by Zhao & Currie 1993.
- Body length estimated at about 5.5 m.
- Fossils found in China.