Sarcosaurus

Sarcosaurus was about 3.5 metres (11 feet) long, and one larger specimen may have reached 5 metres (16 feet) long. It weighed no more than 50 to 60 kg (110 to 132 pounds), with the larger specimen estimated at 140 kg (309 pounds).3

Sarcosaurus lived during the Early Jurassic, about 199 to 196 million years ago. It was one of the earliest known Jurassic theropods.3

Sarcosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur, a bipedal predator that probably ran fast to catch small prey. Its sharp teeth and carnivorous lifestyle are hinted at by its name, which means 'flesh lizard'.34

Sarcosaurus lived in what is now England, and possibly Ireland and Scotland. Fossils have been found in the Lower Lias of England, and a tibia from Northern Ireland may be related.3

Yes, Sarcosaurus is a dinosaur. It is a basal neotheropod, a type of theropod dinosaur, and a close relative of the group Averostra, which includes Allosaurus and Velociraptor.32

The name Sarcosaurus means 'flesh lizard' in Greek, referring to its meat-eating lifestyle. The species name woodi honours its discoverer, S.L. Wood.34