Sciurumimus Rauhut et al. 2012 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, C. Foth, H. Tischlinger and M. A. Norell. 2012. Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 29:11746-11751

Parent taxon: Megalosauroidea according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2012

See also Hanson and Makovicky 2013 and Rauhut et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Megalosauria, Megalosauridae, Piatnitzkysauridae, Spinosauridae

Subtaxa: Sciurumimus albersdoerferi

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Type: Sciurumimus albersdoerferi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rygol Quarry, Painten (Jurassic of Germany)

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