Sarcosaurus
Sarcosaurus woodi
Pronounced: Sar - coe - Saw - rus
Diet: Carnivore (meat-eater)
Name Means: "Flesh Lizard"
Length: 13 ft.(4 meters)
Height: 3 ft.(1 meter)
Weight: unknown
Time: Early Jurassic - 196 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Europe
Sarcosaurus was an early step in the evolution of the large meat-eaters. It appeared nearly 200 million years ago, in the early part of the Jurassic Period, and was a little larger than the earliest carnivores. Some scientists think it belongs to the family that includes Ceratosaurus and that its skull would have had the same small, horn-like, bony crest. Since no parts of its skull have been found, more fossil evidence is needed before it is known what this dinosaur looked like. |
