Metriacanthosaurus
Metriacantho-saurus
- Pronunciation:
- met-ree-a-kan-tho-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'moderately-spined lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 8.2m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 159-154 million years ago
- Found in:
- England, United Kingdom
Metriacanthosaurus is known only from a partial postcranial skeleton, so reconstructions are guesswork based on similar dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae
- Named by:
- Walker (1964)
- Type species:
- parkeri
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