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ERECTOPUS
(e-rek-to-pus)
meaning: "upright foot"
Erectopus
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 |
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Erectopus is a basal allosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of France.

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