Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 05 of 34
Cryolophosaurus
Antarctica · Jurassic
Cryolophosaurus lived in Jurassic Antarctica, when forests grew there. Look at the crest across its head!
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Antarctica has not always been covered in ice.
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Can you trace the crest on its head?
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A little more to discover
Cryolophosaurus ellioti was found in the Transantarctic Mountains. The forest evokes an ancient environment, not the continent’s present climate. The exact role of its crest cannot be observed directly from fossils.
Sources and illustration notes (3)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Natural History Museum: CryolophosaurusEarly Jurassic theropod from Antarctica with a crest on its head.
- Field Museum: Science at FMNH : Ep. 21 - Polar DinosaursEarly Jurassic dinosaurs of Antarctica, including Cryolophosaurus.
- Science: A crested theropod dinosaur from Antarctica (Hammer & Hickerson, 1994)Cryolophosaurus from the Early Jurassic of the central Transantarctic Mountains; the fauna suggests a mild climate at high paleolatitude.
Page prepared on October 5, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Dinosaurs Around the World to Colour
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