Early Jurassic from the Dinosaur Collector

Theropods

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Theropods emerged as the top predators of their day the extinction of last of the archosaurs.  The first of the great dinosaurian carnivores, the Dilophosaurs were active, graceful animals, easily able to tackle the contemporary prosauropods, vulcanodontid sauropods, and scelidosaurs that made up the main herbivorous fauna of the times.  The double crest on the top of the head was probably a sexual display device. Faunas of the Early Jurassic show remarkable homogeneity, and this contrasts strongly with the Triassic situation.

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With the Rhaetian extinction of the basal Rauisuchia, the Dilophosaurine theropods emerged as the top predators of their day.  The first of the great dinosaurian carnivores, the Dilophosaurs were active, graceful animals, easily able to tackle the contemporary prosauropods, vulcanodontid sauropods, and scelidosaurs that made up the main herbivorous fauna of the times.  The double crest on the top of the head was probably a sexual display device.

There is evidence of several large theropods from Europe. There is Sarcosaurus an early ceratosaur and Saltriosaurus an early tetanuran both ar known only from scrapppy fossils so any restoration is guess work.