Thecospondylus
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Thecospondylus (THEEK-o-SPON-di-lus Greek theke meaning 'sheath or socket' and spondylos meaning 'vertebra') is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaurs named after the "extremely thin" bone forming the vertebrae, as indicated by a cast of the neural canal of the sacral region. The genus was discovered by Seeley in 1882.
Thecospondylus daviesi is the type specimen. Both species have been variously classified, and T. horneri has been classified as either ornithischian or saurischian. Whatever these animals were, they lived in Europe during the Early Cretaceous Period. The specimen was found in Hastings, England.
Theropoda:- E. Cret. Eur. [nomen dubium]
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