Monolophosaurus monoh-lofoh-SƆːRUHS
"single-crested lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Monolophosaurus 5.5 m (18 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5.5 m (18 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (163–161 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Monolophosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.