Location : Africa and Europe

Erectopus was a small meat-eater that lived in Europe and northern Africa. Of course, small for a dinosaur is still pretty big ? it weighed as much as a large lion! It had lots of sharp teeth for tearing flesh, but not too much more is known as only a few bones have been found.

First identified in 1876 as a species of Megalosaurus  it was re-classified as a new genus in 1923. This dinosaur seems to exhibit some odd features not found on any other theropod, including placement of the femoral head.