Calamospondylus

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iCalamospondylus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria
Family: Coeluridae
Genus: Calamospondylus
Fox, 1866

Calamospondylus (meaning "quill vertibrae") was a theropod dinosaur. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, and its fossils were found in England. The type species, Calamospondylus oweni, was described by Fox in 1866, but is based on fragmentary material.

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