Proceratosaurus
Field photograph to come
Proceratosaurus
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- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- estimates range from 3 to 4.1 m (10 to 13 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Proceratosauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Huene 1926
Field notes
About Proceratosaurus
Proceratosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago. It belongs to the family Proceratosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Proceratosaurus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the White Limestone Formation. It was named by Huene in 1926.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Proceratosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1926. On several known and unknown reptiles of the order Saurischia from England and France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17:473-489