Tibia, astragalus and calcaneum of Streptospondylus altdorfensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Clade:
†Megalosauria
Genus:
†Streptospondylus von Meyer, 1832
Species:
†S. altdorfensis
Binomial name
†Streptospondylus altdorfensis
von Meyer, 1832
Synonyms[1]
Laelaps gallicus Cope, 1867
Streptospondylus (meaning "reversed vertebra") is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic period of France, 161 million years ago. It was a medium-sized predator with an estimated length of 6 meters (19.5 ft) and a weight of 500 kg (1,100 lbs).[2]
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combination Streptospondylus rostromajor for Streptospondylus altdorfensis. At the same time he created a second species: Streptospondylus cuvieri based...
tree, including Magnosaurus, Piveteausaurus and Streptospondylus. Later, Magnosaurus and Streptospondylus were added in the final tree. These are known...
genus name Eustreptospondylus, was intended to mean "true Streptospondylus". Streptospondylus means "turned vertebra", and is derived from the Greek words...
which the remains had with certainty been scientifically described was Streptospondylus, in 1808 by Cuvier. By 1824, the material available to Buckland consisted...
clade with absolute certainty. For example, Eustreptospondylus and Streptospondylus, while they are both defined as Megalosauridae, are often excluded...
excluded three "wildcard" taxa Poekilopleuron, Xuanhanosaurus, and Streptospondylus. The composition of the clade Carnosauria has been controversial among...
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