Stokesosaurus

E939852

Stokesosaurus is a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known from fragmentary remains that suggest it was an early relative of later large tyrannosauroids.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Stokesosaurus canonical 2
Stokesosaurus clevelandi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carnivorous dinosaur ⓘ
fossil taxon ⓘ
prehistoric reptile ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
authority Madsen 1974 ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
clade Tyrannosauroidea ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
coexistedWith Allosaurus ⓘ
Apatosaurus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
discoveredIn Utah ⓘ
ecologicalRole small to medium-sized predator ⓘ
estimatedLength approximately 3 meters ⓘ
evolutionaryStatus early tyrannosauroid relative ⓘ
forelimbs short ⓘ
formationAge Late Jurassic Morrison Formation ⓘ
linked to: Morrison Formation
fossilMaterial hind limb elements ⓘ
pelvic elements ⓘ
vertebrae ⓘ
fossilRange Late Jurassic of North America ⓘ
fossilRecord sparse ⓘ
fossilSite Morrison Formation ⓘ
fossilStatus incomplete skeleton ⓘ
geologicalAge Kimmeridgian ⓘ
linked to: Kimmeridgian stage
habitat semi-arid floodplain ⓘ
hindlimbs long ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom fragmentary remains ⓘ
lifestyle terrestrial ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
namedAfter William Lee Stokes ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo tyrannosauroids ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
researchStatus poorly known ⓘ
skeleton lightly built ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
tail long ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
trophicLevel predator ⓘ
typeSpecies Stokesosaurus clevelandi ⓘ
linked to: Stokesosaurus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Stokesosaurus → typeSpecies → Stokesosaurus clevelandi ⓘ
linked to: Stokesosaurus