Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1923 |
Time Period: | 112 Ma |
Location: | France |
Size: | Comparison to allosauroid theropods suggest a length of about 3 meters for the holotype |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial maxilla (upper jaw) as well as partial post cranial fossils |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Carnosauria | |
Also known as: | | Erectopus sauvagei | Megalosaurus superbus | |
Erectopus is a basal allosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of France.