Marshosaurus

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Marshosaurus is a medium-sized theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known primarily from fragmentary remains found in the Morrison Formation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marshosaurus canonical 2
Marshosaurus bicentesimus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur species ⓘ
fossil taxon ⓘ
prehistoric reptile ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
age Kimmeridgian ⓘ
bodySize medium-sized ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Megalosauroidea ⓘ
Tetanurae ⓘ
coexistedWith Allosaurus ⓘ
Apatosaurus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole predator ⓘ
estimatedLength 4–6 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass 200–300 kilograms ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Megalosauridae ⓘ
formationMember Brushy Basin Member ⓘ
fossilMaterial limb bones ⓘ
pelvic bones ⓘ
skull fragments ⓘ
vertebrae ⓘ
fossilPreservation partial skeletons ⓘ
fossilRange Upper Jurassic ⓘ
fossilSite Colorado ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
geologicalFormation Morrison Formation ⓘ
habitat floodplain environments ⓘ
holotypeRepository Utah Museum of Natural History ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom fragmentary remains ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
namedAfter Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
namedBy James H. Madsen Jr. ⓘ
nameMeaning "Marsh’s lizard" ⓘ
order Theropoda ⓘ
paleoenvironment semi-arid climate with seasonal rainfall ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
subfamily Piatnitzkysaurinae ⓘ
linked to: Piatnitzkysauridae
taxonRank genus ⓘ
species ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
typeSpecies Marshosaurus bicentesimus ⓘ
linked to: Marshosaurus
yearDescribed 1976 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshosaurus → typeSpecies → Marshosaurus bicentesimus ⓘ
linked to: Marshosaurus