Sarcosaurus

flesh lizard

• sarx (sarkos) · Greek · flesh
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Sarcosaurus combines the Greek words "sarx" (flesh) and "sauros" (lizard), giving "flesh lizard". The name refers to its being a meat-eating (carnivorous) theropod. It was named by Charles W. Andrews in 1921 for fossils from the Early Jurassic of England.

Named by

Andrews

Year named

1921

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Lower Lias, Leicestershire, England, UK

A small early theropod. The type species is Sarcosaurus woodi. Its exact relationships among early theropods are debated. A second species once placed here, S. andrewsi, is now usually assigned to a separate genus. Location and stage details are given with moderate confidence.