| Dubreuillosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Megalosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Megalosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Dubreuillosaurus Allain, 2005 |
| Species: | †D. valesdunensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis (Allain, 2002 [originally Poekilopleuron]) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Poekilopleuron valesdunensis Allain, 2002 |
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Dubreuillosaurus is a genus of carnivorous dinosaur from the middle Jurassic Period. It was a megalosaurid theropod. Its fossils were found in France.
The type species, D. valesdunensis, was originally assigned to the genus Poekilopleuron as P. valesdunensis. Ronan Allain in 2005 created the new genus name Dubreuillosaurus for this species.
It was estimated to be at around 9 metres (30 ft) in length, and had an unusually low and long skull, with the length of the skull being three times the height.[1]