Aristosuchus

Seeley 1887

Aristosuchus is a genus of small coelurosaurian dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous period of what is now England, UK. The type and only species is Aristosuchus pusillus, originally referred to the carnosaurian genus Poekilopleuron.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Skeletal parts of Aristosuchus. Upper left, sacrum and pubis. Upper right, sacrum, pubis and ischium fragment in anatomic position. Lower left, pubis in anterior view. Lower right, proximal portion of right femur showing anterior trochanter. © Carpenter, Kenneth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Tetanurae Unranked clade

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Coelurosauria Unranked clade

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Compsognathidae Family

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Aristosuchus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Temporal distribution

Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)

Species (1)

Aristosuchus pusillus 126 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

H. G. Seeley. 1887. On Aristosuchus pusillus (Owen), being further notes on the fossils described by Sir R. Owen as Poikilopleuron pusillus, Owen. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:221-228 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I.