Dinosaur 7 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: die-LOAF-oh-SORE-us. The name means “two-crested lizard”.
In the book
In Dinosaurs Are Back, the Dilophosaurus climbs off the page and into your room.
Scan its page with a phone or tablet, no app needed.
From the last page of the book
Dilophosaurus was a fearsome predator, but it wasn't as small or as dangerous as you might think! Some people think it was poisonous, but there's no evidence for that. Its jaws suggest it probably ate fish, but it was still a carnivore.
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Dilophosaurus one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.
A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.
Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.
Two thin, bony crests sat on its head, probably covered in the same stuff as your fingernails and used for showing off.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
It was one of North America's first big meat-eating dinosaurs.
Source: National Geographic Kids
It lived more than 110 million years before T. rex.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
In the story
Three of them came closer with a very loud roar, and I hid behind a tree. But they weren't hunting me. Their own eggs had disappeared too!
"The most unlikely allies can be your greatest friends," I thought, and I joined them.
Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story
Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book
Questions kids ask
Riddle · who am I?
Two crests on my head, like a fancy hat.Poison? Spitting? Oh no, I never did that!
My jaws were made for catching fish, you see,but I was still a meat-eater. Who can I be?
Dilophosaurus!
The clue explained: From Dinosaurs Are Back: some people think it was poisonous, but there's no evidence for that. Its name means "two-crested lizard". (Natural History Museum, London)
Every dinosaur page has a riddle. Try the flying one, or all the dinosaur riddles.
The book · ages 6 to 10
Spike's whole adventure, with the Dilophosaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.