Dinosauria›Reptilia
Cryolophosaurus Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer and Hickerson 1994
/ˌkraɪəˌloʊfəˈsɔːrəs/
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 199.5–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Antarctica
Formation
Hanson
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Cryolophosaurus ellioti is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 199.5–184.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Antarctica. It was named by Hammer and Hickerson 1994. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Cryolophosaurus ellioti sits in deep time
Cryolophosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Cryolophosaurus ellioti's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.