Streptospondylus
| Streptospondylus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Tibia, astragalus and calcaneum of Streptospondylus altdorfensis at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Megalosauria |
| Genus: | †Streptospondylus von Meyer, 1832 |
| Species: | †S. altdorfensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Streptospondylus altdorfensis von Meyer, 1832
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| Synonyms | |
Streptospondylus, (Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós), meaning "twisted", and σπόνδυλος (spóndulos), meaning "vertebra",) is a genus of megalosaurid 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).