Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Saurophaganax
Say it sore-oh-fag-ah-naks. The name means ‘king of the lizard eaters’.
- Length
- 12 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Jurassic154 to 142 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- USA
- Named by
- Chure (1996)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Allosauridae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Lived at the same time
- Dryosaurus · same country
- Gargoyleosaurus · same country
- Haplocanthosaurus · same country
- Hesperosaurus · same country
- Marshosaurus · same country
- Othnielia · same country
- Supersaurus · same country
- Barosaurus · same country
Other large theropods
- Elaphrosaurus Late Jurassic
- Marshosaurus Late Jurassic
- Allosaurus Late Jurassic
- Ceratosaurus Late Jurassic
- Metriacanthosaurus Late Jurassic
- Yangchuanosaurus Late Jurassic
- Piatnitzkysaurus Late Jurassic
- Eustreptospondylus Mid Jurassic
Source: Saurophaganax 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.