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Erectopus

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Erectopus

Carnivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.

Who lived alongside it

Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Erectopus (Baharîje), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.

Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.

Scientific details

Classification
Theropod (two-legged predators)
Family
Metriacanthosauridae
When it lived
93.9–125.77 million years ago
Geologic stages
Barremian – Cenomanian
Named by
Huene, 1923
Fossil occurrences
8 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Egypt
  • France
  • Portugal

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata