- Streptospondylus
Taxobox
name = "Streptospondylus"
fossil_range =Middle Jurassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosauria
superfamilia = ?Megalosauroidea
genus = "Streptospondylus"
genus_authority = von Meyer, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "S. altdorfensis" von Meyer, 1832 (type)
* "S. cuvieri" Owen, 1842"Streptospondylus" (meaning "reversed vertebra") is a
genus oftheropod dinosaur known from the MiddleJurassic period ofEngland , 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 amegalosauroid theropod , similar to "Eustreptospondylus ".The
type species , "S. altdorfensis", was described byChristian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1832.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.
External links
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a93834.htm "Streptospondylus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair
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