Sarcosaurus

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Sarcosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Superfamily: Coelophysoidea
Family: Coelophysidae
Genus: Sarcosaurus
Binomial name
Sarcosaurus woodi
Andrews, 1921

Sarcosaurus (meaning "flesh lizard") was a primitive theropod dinosaur, specifically a coelophysoid. It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 200 million years ago. Fossils of Sarcosaurus, including one partial skeleton, were found in England. The type species, S. woodi, was first described by Andrews in 1921.

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