Because I'm in a dinosaur mood, two pictures of Cryolophosaurs I took at the Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit.
Because I'm in a dinosaur mood, two pictures of Cryolophosaurs I took at the Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit. Cryolophosaurus is a large early Jurassic theropod from Antarctica who lived about 190 million years ago. Think about the time scale for a second. T-Rex lived at the end of Cretaceous, 65 MYA. It’s separated from Cryolophosaurus by around 130 million years, twice the time that has passed since non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. That’s incredible.
Anyway, Cryolophosaurus is cool for many reasons, number one, its awesome pompadour crest, which gave it the nickname “Elvisaurus.” They should have just named it that. On the PBS show, Dinosaur Train, there’s a Cryolophosaurus named King who talks like Elvis and sings rockabilly tunes about dinosaurs. But he’s kind of agoraphobic and gets nervous when his fans start to crowd him.
The other awesome thing about Cryolophosaurus is that it’s from Antarctica. It’s fossils came out of a glacier. That’s badass. In the Jurassic, Antarctica was much farther north and probably had a sub-tropical to temperate climate. So the next time your Call of Cthulhu investigators travel back in time to when the Elder Things ruled Antarctica during the age of the dinosaurs, remember that the land was more like Florida. And have them chased (eaten) by a Cryolophosaurus.
Anyway, Cryolophosaurus is cool for many reasons, number one, its awesome pompadour crest, which gave it the nickname “Elvisaurus.” They should have just named it that. On the PBS show, Dinosaur Train, there’s a Cryolophosaurus named King who talks like Elvis and sings rockabilly tunes about dinosaurs. But he’s kind of agoraphobic and gets nervous when his fans start to crowd him.
The other awesome thing about Cryolophosaurus is that it’s from Antarctica. It’s fossils came out of a glacier. That’s badass. In the Jurassic, Antarctica was much farther north and probably had a sub-tropical to temperate climate. So the next time your Call of Cthulhu investigators travel back in time to when the Elder Things ruled Antarctica during the age of the dinosaurs, remember that the land was more like Florida. And have them chased (eaten) by a Cryolophosaurus.
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