Chryolophosaurus (copyright Stephen A. Nelson)
Chryolophosaurus is part of
the Ultimate Dinosaurs - Giants from Gondwana special
exhibition still on at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. The
show will be open for special hours during the holidays, till January
6.
This is the World Premier for these
fearsome reptiles and this exhibition. It features dinosaurs
that weren't in Jurassic Park, terrible lizards from the southern
hemisphere that most of us have never seen before.
From the ROM's website: The first
dinosaur named from Antarctica, Cryolophosaurus lived 190
million years ago during the early Jurassic. It would have grown to
over 7 m (23 ft) long and weighed around 450 kg (990 lbs). Its
name means "frozen crested lizard" which refers to the
striking crest it sported on top of its head and the fact that
fossils of this animal come from the cold bottom of the world.
