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Sarcosaurus Sarcosaurus woodi Andrews 1921
/sˌɑːɹkəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Regions
England · Scotland
Formation
Broadford Beds
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sarcosaurus woodi sits in deep time
Sarcosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sarcosaurus woodi'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.