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Sarcosaurus
Sarcosaurus woodi Andrews 1921
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Sarcosaurus woodi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Andrews 1921. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sarcosaurus sits in deep time
Sarcosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sarcosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.