Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Metriacanthosaurus
Say it met-ree-a-kan-tho-sore-us. The name means ‘moderately-spined lizard’.
- Length
- 8.2 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Jurassic159 to 154 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- England
- Named by
- Walker (1964)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Found in Britain. Fossils of Metriacanthosaurus have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.
Lived at the same time
- Camptosaurus · same country
- Dacentrurus · same country
- Anchiornis
- Chinshakiangosaurus
- Chungkingosaurus
- Guanlong
- Nqwebasaurus
- Sinraptor
Other large theropods
- Yangchuanosaurus Late Jurassic
- Elaphrosaurus Late Jurassic
- Marshosaurus Late Jurassic
- Piatnitzkysaurus Late Jurassic
- Saurophaganax Late Jurassic
- Eustreptospondylus Mid Jurassic
- Torvosaurus Late Jurassic
- Allosaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Metriacanthosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.