Monolophosaurus

single-crested lizard

• mono · Greek · single
• lophos · Greek · crest
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name means "single-crested lizard". It refers to the single, midline crest running along the top of the skull, from the snout to above the eyes. This distinguished it from dilophosaurs, which have paired crests.

Named by

Zhao and Currie

Year named

1993

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stages

Bathonian – Callovian

Found in

Shishugou Formation, Xinjiang, China

A large theropod, usually placed among basal tetanurans (often as a megalosauroid or allosauroid relative). The type species is Monolophosaurus jiangi. The stage range is approximate.