Streptospondylus
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| Streptospondylus Fossil range: Middle Jurassic |
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Streptospondylus (meaning "reversed vertebra") is a genus of theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic period of England, 150 million years ago. Originally described as a crocodilian, five species have been named, several of which (including S. recentior, S. meyeri, and S. grandis) may belong to Iguanodon. At least one species (S. cuvieri) may actually be a megalosauroid theropod, similar to Eustreptospondylus.
The type species, S. altdorfensis, was described by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1832.
[edit] References
- Allain, R. (2001). "Redescription de Streptospondylus altdorfensis, le dinosaure théropode de Cuvier, du Jurassique de Normandie [Redescription of Streptospondylus altdorfensis, Cuvier's theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of Normandy]." Geodiversitas, 23(3):349-367.
[edit] External links
- Streptospondylus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
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