Sarcosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Sarcosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Jurassic


image_width=200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
superfamilia = Coelophysoidea
familia = Coelophysidae
genus = "Sarcosaurus"
genus_authority= Andrews, 1921
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
* "S. woodi" Andrews, 1921 (type)

"Sarcosaurus" (meaning "flesh lizard") is a genus of primitive theropod dinosaur, specifically a coelophysoid. It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 million years ago. Fossils of "Sarcosaurus", including one partial skeleton, were found in England. The type species, "S. woodi", was first described by Andrews in 1921.

ee also

*Liassaurus

References

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6490c.htm "Sarcosaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Sarcosaurus "Sarcosaurus" in the Dino Directory]