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Metriacanthosaurus Metriacanthosaurus parkeri (Huene 1923)
/mˌɛtɹɪˌækɐnθəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 161.5–159 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Oxford Clay
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Metriacanthosaurus parkeri is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–159.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by (Huene 1923). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Metriacanthosaurus parkeri sits in deep time
Metriacanthosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Metriacanthosaurus parkeri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.