Species
Valid Extinct

Dilophosaurus wetherilli

(Welles 1954)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
10
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Dilophosaurus Genus
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Dilophosaurus wetherilli Species
Fossil sites 10 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
10
Geological formations
Kayenta
10
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
8
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
S. P. Welles. 1954. New Jurassic dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 65:591-598 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
M. T. Carrano. 2021. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, Texas Memorial Museum / Texas Science & Natural History Museum
A. D. Marsh and T. B. Rowe. 2020. A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 94(Memoir 78):1-103 DOI ↗
S. P. Welles. 1954. New Jurassic dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 65:591-598 DOI ↗