- Dubreuillosaurus
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Dubreuillosaurus
Temporal range: Middle JurassicLife restoration Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Family: †Megalosauridae Subfamily: †Megalosaurinae Genus: †Dubreuillosaurus
Allain, 2005Species: †D. valesdunensis Binomial name Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
(Allain, 2002 [originally Poekilopleuron])Synonyms Poekilopleuron valesdunensis Allain, 2002
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]
References
External links
- Tetanurae at Thescelosaurus web site
- Dubreuillosaurus in the Dino Directory
Categories:- Jurassic dinosaurs
- Megalosaurs
- Dinosaurs of Europe
- Theropod stubs
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