SARCOSAURUS WOODI - INFO
TIME
Early Jurassic, Hettangian - Sinemurian
LOCATION
For Type:
Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England, UK.
Bucklandi zone, Scunthorpe Mudstone formation
For refferred specimen (NHMUK PV R3542):
Wilmcote, Warwickshire, England, UK.
Angulata zone, Blue Lias Formation
Measurements for this taxa (cm)
TYPE :
Skull (EST)
Maximum skull length: ~37 cm
Maximum skull height ( QUAD -> PAR): 13.2 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): 446 cm (4.46 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silhouette): 454 cm (4.54 m)
ABOUT SARCOSAURUS
Sarcosaurus woodi was top predator of the Earliest Jurassic England, existing in an archipelago of large islands alongside other dinosaurs such as the coelophysoid Dracoraptor and the early Thyreophoran Scelidosaurus.
