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Sarcosaurus

Index Sarcosaurus

Sarcosaurus ("flesh lizard") is a genus of basal neotheropod dinosaur, roughly long. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 66 relations: Arthur Smith Woodward, Autapomorphy, Barrow upon Soar, Blue Lias, Broadford Beds Formation, Ceratosauria, Charles William Andrews, Chindesaurus, Coelophysoidea, Cryolophosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Dinosaur, Dracoraptor, Early Jurassic, England, Eodromaeus, Femoral head, Femur, Fibula, Fossil, Friedrich von Huene, Genus, Gojirasaurus, Hettangian, Holotype, Ilium (bone), Ireland, Isle of Skye, Jurassic, Lias Group, Liliensternus, London Basin, Magnosaurus, Megalosauridae, Megalosaurus, Metatarsal bones, Michael Waldman, Nomen dubium, Nomen nudum, Northern Ireland, Pelvis, Phalanx bone, Pringle Cottage Museum, Pubis (bone), Rib, Saltriovenator, Samuel Paul Welles, Scelidosaurus, Scunthorpe Mudstone, Sinemurian, ... Expand index (16 more) »

  2. Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe
  3. Fossil taxa described in 1921
  4. Hettangian life
  5. Sinemurian life
  6. Taxa named by Charles William Andrews
  7. Theropods

Arthur Smith Woodward

Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS (23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944) was an English palaeontologist, known as a world expert in fossil fish.

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Autapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an autapomorphy is a distinctive feature, known as a derived trait, that is unique to a given taxon.

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Barrow upon Soar

Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856.

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Blue Lias

The Blue Lias is a geological formation in southern, eastern and western England and parts of South Wales, part of the Lias Group.

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Broadford Beds Formation

The Broadford Beds Formation is a Sinemurian geologic formation in western Scotland.

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Ceratosauria

Ceratosaurs are members of the clade Ceratosauria, a group of dinosaurs defined as all theropods sharing a more recent common ancestor with Ceratosaurus than with birds.

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Charles William Andrews

Charles William Andrews (30 October 1866 – 25 May 1924) F.R.S., was a British palaeontologist whose career as a vertebrate paleontologist, both as a curator and in the field, was spent in the services of the British Museum, Department of Geology.

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Chindesaurus

Chindesaurus is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic (213-210 million years ago) of the southwestern United States.

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Coelophysoidea

Coelophysoidea is an extinct clade of theropod dinosaurs common during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods.

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Cryolophosaurus

Cryolophosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species Cryolophosaurus ellioti, from the early Jurassic of Antarctica. Sarcosaurus and Cryolophosaurus are Sinemurian life and theropods.

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Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now North America during the Early Jurassic, about 186 million years ago. Sarcosaurus and Dilophosaurus are theropods.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Dracoraptor

Dracoraptor (meaning "dragon thief") is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic Period of what is now Wales dated at 201.3 ± 0.2 million years old. Sarcosaurus and Dracoraptor are early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe.

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Early Jurassic

The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eodromaeus

Eodromaeus (meaning "dawn runner") is an extinct genus of probable basal theropod dinosaurs from the Late Triassic of Argentina.

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Femoral head

The femoral head (femur head or head of the femur) is the highest part of the thigh bone (femur).

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Fibula

The fibula (fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Friedrich von Huene

Friedrich von Huene born Friedrich Richard Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene (22 March 1875 – 4 April 1969) was a German nobleman paleontologist who described a large number of dinosaurs, more than anyone else in 20th century Europe.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gojirasaurus

Gojirasaurus (meaning "Godzilla lizard") is a genus of "coelophysoid" theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic of New Mexico.

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Hettangian

The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic Period of the geologic timescale.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Ilium (bone)

The ilium (ilia) is the uppermost and largest region of the coxal bone, and appears in most vertebrates including mammals and birds, but not bony fish.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Lias Group

The Lias Group or Lias is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) found in a large area of western Europe, including the British Isles, the North Sea, the Low Countries and the north of Germany. Sarcosaurus and Lias Group are Jurassic England.

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Liliensternus

Liliensternus is an extinct genus of basal neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 210 million years ago during the latter part of the Triassic Period in what is now Germany.

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London Basin

The London Basin is an elongated, roughly triangular sedimentary basin approximately long which underlies London and a large area of south east England, south eastern East Anglia and the adjacent North Sea.

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Magnosaurus

Magnosaurus (meaning 'large lizard') was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Sarcosaurus and Magnosaurus are fossils of England and Jurassic England.

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Megalosauridae

Megalosauridae is a monophyletic family of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs within the group Megalosauroidea.

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Megalosaurus

Megalosaurus (meaning "great lizard", from Greek μέγας, megas, meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαῦρος, sauros, meaning 'lizard') is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic Epoch (Bathonian stage, 166 million years ago) of southern England. Sarcosaurus and Megalosaurus are fossils of England and Jurassic England.

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Metatarsal bones

The metatarsal bones or metatarsus (metatarsi) are a group of five long bones in the midfoot, located between the tarsal bones (which form the heel and the ankle) and the phalanges (toes).

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Michael Waldman

Michael A. Waldman is an American attorney and presidential speechwriter and political advisor, currently serving as the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonprofit law and policy institute.

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Nomen dubium

In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.

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Nomen nudum

In taxonomy, a nomen nudum ('naked name'; plural nomina nuda) is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate description.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Pelvis

The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).

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Phalanx bone

The phalanges (phalanx) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates.

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Pringle Cottage Museum

Pringle Cottage Museum is an open air museum at 79 Dragon Street, Warwick, Queensland, Australia.

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Pubis (bone)

In vertebrates, the pubis or pubic bone (os pubis) forms the lower and anterior part of each side of the hip bone.

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Rib

In vertebrate anatomy, ribs (costae) are the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton.

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Saltriovenator

Saltriovenator (meaning "Saltrio hunter") is a genus of ceratosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now Italy. Sarcosaurus and Saltriovenator are early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe and Sinemurian life.

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Samuel Paul Welles

Samuel Paul Welles (November 9, 1907 – August 6, 1997) was an American palaeontologist.

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Scelidosaurus

Scelidosaurus (with the intended meaning of "limb lizard", from Greek /σκελίς meaning 'rib of beef' and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard')Liddell & Scott (1980). Sarcosaurus and Scelidosaurus are early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe, fossils of England, Jurassic England and Sinemurian life.

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Scunthorpe Mudstone

The Scunthorpe Mudstone is a geologic formation in England. Sarcosaurus and Scunthorpe Mudstone are Jurassic England.

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Sinemurian

In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Tachiraptor

Tachiraptor ("thief of Táchira") is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs found in the early Jurassic period La Quinta Formation of Venezuela. Sarcosaurus and Tachiraptor are theropods.

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Tawa hallae

Tawa (named after the Hopi word for the Puebloan sun god) is a genus of possible basal theropod dinosaurs from the Late Triassic period.

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The Gobbins

The Gobbins is a cliff-face running from Whitehead to Portmuck Harbour along the eastern coast of Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the Causeway Coastal Route.

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Theropoda

Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores. Sarcosaurus and theropoda are theropods.

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Thoracic vertebrae

In vertebrates, thoracic vertebrae compose the middle segment of the vertebral column, between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae.

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Tibia

The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.

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Timeline of coelophysoid research

This timeline of coelophysoid research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the coelophysoids, a group of primitive theropod dinosaurs that were among Earth's dominant predators during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic epochs.

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Trochanter

A trochanter is a tubercle of the femur near its joint with the hip bone.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Wilmcote

Wilmcote is a village, and since 2004 a separate civil parish, in the English county of Warwickshire, about north of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Worcester Basin

The Worcester Basin or Worcester Graben is a sedimentary basin in central England, filled with mainly Permian and Triassic rocks.

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Zupaysaurus

Zupaysaurus ("ZOO-pay-SAWR-us") is an extinct genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now Argentina. Sarcosaurus and Zupaysaurus are theropods.

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1921 in paleontology

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

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See also

Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe

Fossil taxa described in 1921

Hettangian life

Sinemurian life

Taxa named by Charles William Andrews

Theropods

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcosaurus

Also known as Liassaurus, Liassaurus huenei, Sarcosaurus andrewsi, Sarcosaurus woodi.

, Specific name (zoology), Tachiraptor, Tawa hallae, The Gobbins, Theropoda, Thoracic vertebrae, Tibia, Timeline of coelophysoid research, Trochanter, Type species, Vertebra, Warwickshire, Wilmcote, Worcester Basin, Zupaysaurus, 1921 in paleontology.