Proceratosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids ProceratosaurusTemporal range: Middle Jurassic
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Proceratosauridae
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Proceratosaurus
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Proceratosaurus was a small dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic, about 165 million years ago. It was found in Gloucestershire, England, in 1910. It was a carnivorous theropod.
Proceratosaurus was first believed to be an early ancestor of Ceratosaurus, but it was actually an ancestor of the coelurosaurs. Thus, it was an early ancestor of Tyrannosaurus and its relatives in the Upper Cretaceous.
The animal in life was about 3m long and weighed up to 60kg.
Images for kids
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1910 lithograph of the holotype skull and close ups of its teeth and hyoid
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Estimated size compared to a human
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Skull seen from the left
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Skull diagram showing missing parts in white
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Life restoration showing hypothetical complete crest-shape, similar to that of the related Guanlong
See also
In Spanish: Proceratosaurus bradleyi para niños
