Erectopus

What it was like

Erectopus was a medium-sized meat eater known from scattered bones, including parts of the leg and foot. It was a relative of Sinraptor and Yangchuanosaurus.

Its world

It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now France, with finds also reported from Portugal. In that land it shared its world with the plant eaters Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus and the fish-eating Baryonyx.

How it was found

Its bones were first described as a species of Megalosaurus. Huene gave them their own genus in 1923. The original bones were later lost, and scientists now study casts and drawings.