Betasuchus

Betasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Cast of the femur
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ceratosauria
Clade: Neoceratosauria
Superfamily: Abelisauroidea
Genus: Betasuchus
von Huene, 1932
Species:
B. bredai
Binomial name
Betasuchus bredai
(Seeley, 1883 [originally Megalosaurus])
Synonyms
  • Megalosaurus bredai Seeley, 1883

Betasuchus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Betasuchus is, besides Orthomerus, the only dinosaur genus named from remains found in the Netherlands and the only non-avian theropod found in the Maastrichtian Beds.

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