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Dilophosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q271710
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Summary

Dilophosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Dilophosaurus ranks in the top 0.38% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,253 views/month, #37 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Neotheropoda[4]
  • Location of discovery: Kayenta Formation[5], United States[6]
  • Taxon name: Dilophosaurus[7]
  • Commons category: Dilophosaurus[8]
  • Start time: -193000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Main food source: carnivore[10]
  • Taxon common name: dilophosaur[11]
  • Length: 7 m[12]
  • Mass: 400 kg[13]
  • Time period: Early Jurassic[14]

Body

Identifiers

Dilophosaurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 554479[15]. Dilophosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4531466[16]. Dilophosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822817[17].

Why It Matters

Dilophosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Dilophosaurus is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Paucabot · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Dilophosaurus wetherilli.PNG, Dilophosaurus skull.jpg, Dilophosaurus Size Comparison.svg +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Dilophosaurus Size Comparison.svg"
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