LegendaryEustreptospondylus
Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis
yoo-STREP-toh-SPON-dih-lus· “true well-curved vertebra”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🥩 carnivore🦴 Megalosauridae
6 m
Length
1.8 m
Height
500 kg
Weight
A medium-sized megalosaur from Jurassic England, known from one of the most complete theropod skeletons found in Europe. It likely hunted and scavenged along the coasts and islands of a shallow sea.
When
Late Jurassic, ~163 million years ago
Found in
United Kingdom
Discovered
John Phillips, 1871
Did you know?
- Known from one of Europe's most complete theropod skeletons.
- Lived among the islands of a shallow Jurassic sea over Europe.
- A relative of Megalosaurus, the very first dinosaur ever named.
Artwork: Dmitry Bogdanov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.