Describer

Huene, 1932

Time

Cretaceous Early Albian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Incertae Sedis \\\"Carnosaurs\\\"

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Gault of the Bois de la Panthiere, France

Fall Under

Erectopus

Info

Typespecies

Erectopus (Huene, 1921) > Erectopus sauvagei (Huene, 1932) > Erectopus superbus (Huene, 1932) >> Megalosaurus superbus (1) (Sauvage, 1882)

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A fragmentary skeleton of a theropod of moderate size was made the type of E.sauvagei, Huene,1932 This was associated with teeth, the type of Megalosaurus superbus, Sauvage,1882, which Huene deemed too large to associate with the other remains. Megalosaurus superbus is sometimes considered a second species of Erectopus.