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How Big Is a Dilophosaurus?

A dilophosaurus is about 23 ft (7 m) long. That is about 4.1 times as long as the average man is tall. An early large meat-eater with two crests on its head.

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How big is a dilophosaurus compared to the average man?

A dilophosaurus is about 4.1 times as long as the average man is tall. A dilophosaurus is 4.1× the size of the average man: about 4.1 average men lined up would match it. By volume, about 6.3 average men would fit inside a dilophosaurus.

Dilophosaurus length in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A dilophosaurus measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	23 ft 0 in
Inches	276 in
Centimeters	700 cm
Meters	7 m

Dilophosaurus size facts

Dilophosaurus was about 7 meters long.
Unlike in the movies, there is no evidence it had a neck frill or spat venom.

How does a dilophosaurus compare to other things?

A dilophosaurus next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Dilophosaurus
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	199 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	1.82 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,260× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	47.1× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	17 ft (5.2 m) bigger
Iguanodon	33 ft (10 m) long	9 ft 10 in (3 m) bigger
Allosaurus	31 ft (9.5 m) long	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) bigger
Parasaurolophus	31 ft (9.5 m) long	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) bigger
Stegosaurus	30 ft (9 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Triceratops	28 ft (8.5 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) bigger
Basking shark	26 ft (8 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Carnotaurus	26 ft (8 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Two-story house	26 ft (8 m)	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Orca	25 ft (7.5 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	12 in (30 cm) bigger
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	0 pm smaller
Pteranodon	20 ft (6 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) smaller
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) smaller
Giraffe	17 ft (5.2 m)	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) smaller
Saltwater crocodile	17 ft (5.2 m) long	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) smaller
Green anaconda	17 ft (5.2 m) long	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) smaller
Quetzalcoatlus	16 ft (5 m)	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) smaller
SUV	16 ft (4.9 m) long	6 ft 11 in (210 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	4.1× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	4.4× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: Dilophosaurus by Rhiannon Dixon. See credits.