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sharp-clawed runner
Magnosaurus
Say it like this: “MAG-no-SAWR-us”
Magnosaurus nethercombensis
Magnosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- 1.4 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- 175 kg · 386 lb
- Found in
- the United Kingdom
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Afrovenatorinae
The story in short
In 1932, F. V. Huene published the name Magnosaurus. The name means “large lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian), roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Magnosaurus at a length near 4 m, hips about 1.4 m high, and a body mass around 175 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Afrovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afrovenator
Afrovenator abakensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
Dubreuillosaurus
Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Leshansaurus
Leshansaurus qianweiensis
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago