Stokesosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0225Morrison Fm., Colorado

Stokesosaurus

DV-0225 · type species Stokesosaurus clevelandi

Lived
152 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods
Found in
United States
Named by
Madsen 1974

Field notes

About Stokesosaurus

Stokesosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 152 to 143 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Stokesosaurus, from Colorado and Utah. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Madsen in 1974.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

150 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Tyrannosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. H. Madsen. 1974. A new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 48(1):27-31