Metriacanthosaurus Metriacanthosaurus
"moderately-spined lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Metriacanthosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (160 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · United Kingdom
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Metriacanthosauridae
Metriacanthosaurus (meaning “moderately-spined lizard”) is a genus of metriacanthosaurid dinosaur from the Oxford Clay Formation of England, dating to the Late Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago (lower Oxfordian). It is the only metriacanthosaurid currently named from outside of Asia.
What we know
- Named by Walker, 1964.
- Fossils found in Asia and United Kingdom.