Sarcosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Scotland (United Kingdom), England (United Kingdom) and England (United Kingdom).
Quick facts about Sarcosaurus:
- Existed from Sinemurian Age to Pliensbachian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Sarcosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. S. Woodward. 1908. Note on a megalosaurian tibia from the Lower Lias of Wilmcote, Warwickshire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8 1:257-259
- C. W. Andrews. 1921. On some remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 8:570-576
- M. J. Benton, D. M. Martill, and M. A. Taylor. 1995. The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye. Scottish Journal of Geology 31(2):177-182
