Dubreuillosaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| 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 | |
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Poekilopleuron? valesdunensis Allain, 2002 (type) | |
References change
- ↑ Paul, G.S., 2010, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Princeton University Press p. 86
Other websites change
- Dubreuillosaurus Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine in the Dino Directory
