Sarcosaurus
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Pelvis, parts of the femur and a vertebra from the original description by Sarcosaurus woodi |
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| Lower Jurassic ( Sinemurian ) | ||||||||||||
| 199.3 to 190.8 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Andrews , 1921 |
Sarcosaurus ("meat lizard") is a genus of early theropod dinosaurs (Theropoda) from the Lower Jurassic of England .
Since it is known only from a fragmentary skeleton of an adult individual, little is known about its appearance. He is often depicted in reconstructions with a nasal horn, similar to that of Ceratosaurus . However, since no skull material has been discovered, such images are speculation. The estimated length is given in the literature with values between three and four meters.
Charles William Andrews published the first description of the genus in 1921 on the basis of a thigh bone (femur), individual vertebrae (vertebra) and an incomplete pelvis and named the type species Sarcosaurus woodi . The species Sarcosaurus andrews , named after the person who first described it, is now considered a nomen dubium .
literature
- Charles W. Andrews : On some remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. In: The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology. Series 9, Vol. 8, No. 9, 1921, pp. 570-576, doi : 10.1080 / 00222932108632620 , digitized .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , p. 84, online .