Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Lophostropheus

Say it lof-oh-stro-fee-us. The name means ‘crested verebra’.

Lophostropheus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 6.2 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Jurassic203 to 196 million years ago
Fossils found in: France
Named by: Ezcurra and Cuny 2007 (1993)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia

Where Lophostropheus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Dilophosaurus Early Jurassic
Monolophosaurus Mid Jurassic
Cryolophosaurus Early Jurassic
Dubreuillosaurus Late Jurassic
Poekilopleuron Mid Jurassic
Sinraptor Mid Jurassic
Megalosaurus Mid Jurassic
Eustreptospondylus Mid Jurassic

Source: Lophostropheus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.