Dinosauria › Reptilia
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Welles 1954)
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 201.4–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Dilophosaurus wetherilli is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–184.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Welles 1954). The species is represented by 10 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~33%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 10 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dilophosaurus sits in deep time
Dilophosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dilophosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.