Eustreptospondylus
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Eustreptospondylus
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- 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
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Eustreptospondylus?
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