Eustreptospondylus
Eustreptospondylus (/juːˌstrɛptoʊspɒnˈdaɪləs/ yoo-STREPT-o-spon-DY-ləs; meaning "true Streptospondylus") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur, from the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic period (some time between 163 and 154 million years ago) in southern England, at a time when Europe was a series of scattered islands (due to tectonic movement at the time which raised the sea-bed and flooded the lowland).
| Eustreptospondylus Temporal range: Late Jurassic (Oxfordian), | |
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| Mounted holotype skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Megalosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Eustreptospondylinae Paul, 1988 |
| Genus: | †Eustreptospondylus Walker, 1964 |
| Species: | †E. oxoniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis Walker, 1964 | |
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