Metriacanthosaurus
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Metriacanthosaurus
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- Lived
- 162 to 159 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 8.2 m (27 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Metriacanthosauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Walker 1964
Field notes
About Metriacanthosaurus
Metriacanthosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 159 million years ago. It belongs to the family Metriacanthosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Metriacanthosaurus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Oxford Clay Formation. It was named by Walker in 1964.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
To scale
How big was Metriacanthosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Metriacanthosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134