Palaeosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Unknown period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as England (United Kingdom), Wales (United Kingdom) and Pennsylvania (United States).

All the Palaeosaurus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Palaeosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115
  • E. D. Cope. 1878. On some Saurians found in the Triassic of Pennsylvania, by C. M. Wheatley. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100):231-232
  • R. I. Murchison and H. E. Strickland. 1837. On the upper formations of the New Red System in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; showing that the Red or Saliferous, including a peculiar band of sandstone, represent the "Keuper" or "Marnes irisées;" with some account of the underlying sandstone of Ombersley, Bromsgrove, and Warwick, priving that it is the "Bunter Sandstein" or "Grès bigarré" of foreign geologists. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 5(26):331-348