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STREPTOSPONDYLUS
(strep-toe-spon-dy-luss)
meaning: "Reversed vertebra"
Streptospondylus
Named By: Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1832
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 161 Ma
Location: France, Lower Normandy
Size: Uncertain, but roughly estimated to be up to 7 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Vertebrae and partial limbs and partial left pubis
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda |
Also known as: | Laelaps gallicus | Megalosaurus cuvieri |
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Streptospondylus (meaning "reversed vertebra") is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic period of France, 161 million years ago. It was a medium-sized predator.

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