AverostraDinosauriaEuropeEusaurischiaMegalosauroideaMiddle JurassicNeotheropodaOrionidesSaurischiaTetanuraeTheropoda
“Metriacanthosaurus reynoldsi”
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Dinosaur: "Metriacanthosaurus reynoldsi"
Jurassic: 168.2–166.1 Ma
| Length*: | 5.6 m | 18.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 400 kg | 882 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Early Bathonian
Years: 168.2–166.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Welles, Powell & Pickering
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Chipping Norton Limestone
Sources
Material: Ilium, proximal scapula ?, tooth ?
References: Reynolds, (1939). A collection of reptile bones from the Oolite near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
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