Dubreuillosaurus
Dubreuillosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- dub-rhe-oo-oh-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- '(unknown)'
© Andrey Atuchin
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 169-164 million years ago
- Found in:
- France
Partial skull and partial skeletons of Dubreuillosaurus have been found, but not enough to work out its overall size, although we know it was a large dinosaur.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Megalosauridae, Eustreptospondylinae
- Named by:
- Allain (2005)
- Type species:
- valesdunensis
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