Aristosuchus
Field photograph to come
Aristosuchus
DV-0050 · type species Aristosuchus pusillus
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Compsognathidae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Seeley 1887
Field notes
About Aristosuchus
Aristosuchus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Compsognathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aristosuchus, from United Kingdom. It was named by Seeley in 1887.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Compsognathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. G. Seeley. 1887. On Aristosuchus pusillus (Owen), being further notes on the fossils described by Sir R. Owen as Poikilopleuron pusillus, Owen. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:221-228