Dubreuillosaurus
Dubreuillosaurus is a genus of carnivorous dinosaur from the middle Jurassic Period. It is a megalosaurid theropod closely related to Afrovenator and its fossils were found in France It looked a lot like Eustreptospondylus. The type fossil was an individual that probably measured 5 metres (16 ft) long and weighed 250 kilograms (550 lb).[1]
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Reconstructed skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Megalosauria |
Family: | Megalosauridae |
Genus: | Dubreuillosaurus Allain, 2005 |
Species: | D. valesdunensis
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Binomial name | |
Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis (Allain, 2002 [originally Poekilopleuron])
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Synonyms | |
Poekilopleuron? valesdunensis Allain, 2002 (type) |
Dubreuillosaurus Media
Life restoration
D. valesdunensis (yellow) in size compared to two other afrovenatorines
References
- ↑ Paul, G.S., 2010, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Princeton University Press p. 86
Other websites
- Dubreuillosaurus Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine in the Dino Directory