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Dinosaur: Sarcosaurus woodi
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 210 kg | 463 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Late Hettangian-Earliest Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Andrews
Year: 1921
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Lower Lias
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial dorsal vertebra, partial ilia, proximal pubes, ischial fragment and incomplete femur. Referred "Liassaurus huenei" material ?, tibia (Sarcosaurus andrewsi).
References: Ezcurra et al. (2020). A revision of the early neotheropod genus Sarcosaurus from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) of central England.
