Monolophosaurus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Photo] Monolophosaurus jiangjunmiaoi. Sketch of Monolophosaurus jiangi, a theropod Dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China with a median "crest" on the skull. Source PaleoPortfolio http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/gallery-m_jiangi.htm Date 2004. Author Jordan Mallon

Fossil range: Late Jurassic

Monolophosaurus ("one-crested lizard") was a carnosaur from Late Jurassic (about 170 mya) China. It was named for the single crest on top of its skull. It could grow to be 17 feet (5 meters) long and 6 feet (2 meters) high. This dinosaur weighed up to 1500 pounds (700 kg). The area that Monolophosaurus was found showed signs of water, so it is possible that this dinosaur lived on the shore of lakes or ocean. Monolophosaurus may be related to the allosaurids.

Discovery and species
A nearly complete skeleton was unearthed in 1984, and described by Currie and Zhao. At first, before description, it was known in the press as "Jiangjunmiaosaurus", a nomen nudum.

Monolophosaurus species

Monolophosaurus jiangjunmiaoi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolophosaurus

The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.