A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona

@article{Marsh2020ACA,
  title={A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new specimens from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona},
  author={Adam D. Marsh and Timothy B Rowe},
  journal={Journal of Paleontology},
  year={2020},
  volume={94},
  pages={1 - 103}
}
  • A. Marsh, T. Rowe
  • Published 1 July 2020
  • Biology, Environmental Science, Geography
  • Journal of Paleontology
Abstract. Dilophosaurus wetherilli was the largest animal known to have lived on land in North America during the Early Jurassic. Despite its charismatic presence in pop culture and dinosaurian phylogenetic analyses, major aspects of the skeletal anatomy, taxonomy, ontogeny, and evolutionary relationships of this dinosaur remain unknown. Skeletons of this species were collected from the middle and lower part of the Kayenta Formation in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. Redescription of the… 
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