Marshosaurus
Field photograph to come
Marshosaurus
DV-0234
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 6 m (20 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Piatnitzkysauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Madsen 1976
Field notes
About Marshosaurus
Marshosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Piatnitzkysauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Marshosaurus, from Utah and Colorado. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Madsen in 1976.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
To scale
How big was Marshosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Piatnitzkysauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. H. Madsen, Jr. 1976. A second new theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of east central Utah. Utah Geology 3(1):51-60