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Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Eustreptospondylus means "well-curved vertebrae" or "well-reversed vertebrae" Pronounced - yoo-STREP-to-SPON-di-lus Named By - Alick Walker When Named - 1964 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - Roughly 23-30 ft (7-9 m) long Height - 10-12 ft (3-3.7 m) tall at the hips Weight - 200 kg to 250 kg (figures are for a sub-adult specimen) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Jurassic period, about 163 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in England, Europe. |
| FOSSILS: | A single, incomplete fossil of a sub-adult has been found. |
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Eustreptospondylus was a bipedal predator with small arms, large, powerful jaws, sharp teeth, and a long, stiff tail. |
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