Proceratosaurus was a small dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic, about 165 million years ago. It was found in Gloucestershire, England, in 1910. It was a carnivorous theropod.
Proceratosaurus was first believed to be an early ancestor of Ceratosaurus, but it was actually an ancestor of the coelurosaurs. Thus, it was an early ancestor of Tyrannosaurus and its relatives in the Upper Cretaceous.
The animal in life was about 3m long and weighed up to 60kg.
A: Proceratosaurus existed approximately 165 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period.
A: Proceratosaurus was discovered in Gloucestershire, England in 1910.
A: Proceratosaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur.
A: Proceratosaurus was initially thought to be an early ancestor of Ceratosaurus.
A: Proceratosaurus was actually an ancestor of the coelurosaurs, and thus an early ancestor of Tyrannosaurus and its relatives in the Upper Cretaceous period.
A: Proceratosaurus was about 3 meters long in life.
A: Proceratosaurus weighed up to 60 kilograms.