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“cryolophosaurus”
A genus of large theropod dinosaurs: In the genus Cryolophosaurus there is the “frozen-crested lizard” from Early Jurassic.
The name is a reference to both the freezing conditions under which the fossil remains of a large theropod were extracted on Mount Kirkpatrick in the Queen Alexandra Range, west central Antarctica, and to the unusual ridged, transverse bony crest on the animal’s forehead.
It was originally compared to Elvis Presley’s 1950’s pompadour hair-do. Named by U. S. paleontologists William R. Hammer and Hickerson in 1994.
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Cryolophosaurus ellito (s) (proper noun)
Frozen crested reptile: The Cryolophosaurus ellito, one of the largest theropods, is the only species in the genus Cryolophosaurus in which the subadult calculated to have been 6-7 meters long and have weighted about 350 . 465 kilograms (772 - 1,025 pounds). ,
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cryo-, cry-, kryo-, kry-
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