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Megalosauridae

Edmarka e-DMA-rka

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Edmarka 8 m (26.2 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Edmarka
Length
8 m (26.2 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (154.8–143.1 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Megalosauridae

Edmarka is a megalosauridae known from the Jurassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Bakker et al. 1992.