Genus
Valid Extinct

Proceratosaurus

Huene 1926
Etymology Avant ''Ceratosaurus''

Proceratosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic in what is now England. The holotype and only known specimen consists of a mostly complete skull with an accompanying lower jaw and a hyoid bone, found near Minchinhampton, a town in Gloucestershire. It was originally described in 1910 as a species of Megalosaurus, M. bradleyi, but was moved to its own genus, Proceratosaurus, in 1926. The genus was named for its supposed close relationship with Ceratosaurus, later shown to be erroneous, due to perceived resemblance of Proceratosaurus's incomplete cranial crest to Ceratosaurus's nasal horn.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Proceratosaurus
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Proceratosaurus bradleyi holotype NHMUK PV R 4860. Almost complete skull and mandibles in articulation, hyoid element and anterior cervical vertebrae in oolite block. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
Proceratosauridae Family
Proceratosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
White Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Proceratosaurus bradleyi 168 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
F. v. Huene. 1926. On several known and unknown reptiles of the order Saurischia from England and France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17:473-489
Bibliography (1)
A. S. Woodward. 1910. On a skull of Megalosaurus from the Great Oolite of Minchinhampton (Gloucestershire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 66(262):111-115 DOI ↗