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Sarcosaurus

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Sarcosaurus is a basal theropod, and one of the earliest Jurassic dinosaurs from the islands of Britain and Ireland. Small compared to later theropods of the Cretaceous, it represented the resilience of early theropods as dinosaurs rose to dominance throughout the Mesozoic. Sarcosaurus was a significant predator in its ecosystem, reaching approximately 3.5 m in total body length.

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On an English beach in the Early Jurassic, a trio of Sarcosaurus woodi investigate a beached Icthyosaurus. One of them snatches a fetus out of the deceased mother

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Paleontologists Find First Dinosaur Remains in Ireland | Paleontology | Sci-News.com

“The two fossil bones were found by the late Roger Byrne, a schoolteacher and fossil collector, who donated them along with many other fossils to Ulster Museum.

“The fossils that Roger Byrne found were perhaps swept out to sea, alive or dead, sinking to the Jurassic seabed where they were buried and fossilized,” Dr. Simms said.

Originally it was assumed the fossils were from the same animal, but Dr. Simms and colleagues were surprised to discover that they were from two completely different dinosaurs.

One is part of a femur (upper leg bone) of a four-legged plant-eater called Scelidosaurus. The other is part of the tibia (lower leg bone) of a two-legged meat-eater similar to Sarcosaurus.”

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द्वारा: टेक डेस्क | नई दिल्ली | 24 नवंबर, 2020 8:18:03 अपराह्न

विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स के माध्यम से जुरासिक थायरोफोरन स्केलिडोसॉरस हरिसोनी, जैक मेयर वुड का चित्रण

एक नए अध्ययन में, उत्तरी आयरलैंड के काउंटी एंट्रीम के पूर्वी तट पर स्थित आइलैंडमेजे पर पाए गए दो हड्डियों के दो प्रागैतिहासिक डायनासोर होने की पुष्टि की गई है। यह एक दुर्लभ खोज है…

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Sarcosaurus woodi

Source: http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9880846/1/

Name: Sarcosaurus woodi 

Name Meaning: S. L. Wood's Flesh Lizard 

First Described: 1921 

Described by: Andrews 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Coelophysoidea 

Sarcosaurus was yet another early theropod, however this time from the Jurassic Period, during the Sinemurian stage, about 194 million years ago. It was found in the Lower Lias of England. It was about three meters long and is known from partial hip, femur, and back bones. It's classification is confusing; it was originally put as a megalosauroid, then a ceratosaur, and now is listed as a coelophysoid. It's partial skeletal fragments means it's hard to classify it in one of those three groups; more fossil evidence is necessary to be sure. This genus also had another species assigned to it, S. andrewsi, however the species is now considered dubious as the fossil for S. andrewsi consists of different bones than S. woodi, making it impossible to compare the two. 

Sources: 

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/dino-directory/sarcosaurus.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcosaurus

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sarcosaurus.html