Eustreptospondylus yoo-streptoʊ-spon-DEYELUHS

"well"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eustreptospondylus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (166–154 Mya)
Place
Europe · United Kingdom
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Megalosauridae

Eustreptospondylus ( ;), from (Ancient Greek εὖ (eû), meaning “well”, στρεπτός (streptós), meaning “twisted”, and σπόνδυλος (spóndulos), meaning “vertebra”), is an extinct genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur, from the Callovian and Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic period (some time between 166 and 154 million years ago) in southern England, at a time when Europe was a series of scattered islands (due to tectonic movement at the time which raised the sea-bed and flooded the lowland).

What we know

  • Named by Walker, 1964.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Europe and United Kingdom.