Genus
Valid Extinct

Eustreptospondylus

Walker 1964

Eustreptospondylus, from, is an extinct genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur, from the Callovian and Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic period in southern England, at a time when Europe was a series of scattered islands.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Eustreptospondylus
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Eustreptospondylus skeleton © Original uploader was Ballista at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Megalosauroidea Superfamily
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Megalosauridae Family
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Eustreptospondylinae Subfamily
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Eustreptospondylus Genus
Measurements
Length
7 m ⓘ
4,5 m ⓘ
Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis  
Mass
230 kg ⓘ
Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis  
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Oxford Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis 165 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134
Bibliography (1)
A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134