Eustreptospondylus

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DV-0191Oxford Clay Fm., United Kingdom

Eustreptospondylus

DV-0191

Lived
165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 7 m (23 ft)
Group
Theropods, Megalosauridae
Found in
United Kingdom
Named by
Walker 1964

Field notes

About Eustreptospondylus

Eustreptospondylus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Megalosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eustreptospondylus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Oxford Clay Formation. It was named by Walker in 1964.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Eustreptospondylus?

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Eustreptospondylus: about 7 m (23 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Megalosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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