Describer

Ivie, Slipinski, and Wegrzynowicz, 2001 / Raath,1969

Time

Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria Podokesauridae

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Zimbabwe, South Africa, US, China

Fall Under

Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis

Length

3 meter

Info

Genus

Megapnosaurus (Ivie, Slipinski, and Wegrzynowicz, 2001) > Syntarsus (Raath, 1969) > Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis (Raath, 1969) >> Syntarsus rhodesiensis (Raath, 1969) Megapnosaurus kayentakatae (Rowe, 1989) > Syntarsus kayentakatae (Rowe, 1989)

Megapnosaurus > cf. Megapnosaurus sp. (Irmis, 2004)

Megapnosaurus was very similar to Coelophysis. In fact some consider it simply another species of Coelophysis.

Etymology

Derived from the Greek megas (big) apnoos (dead) and sauros (lizard).