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Poekilopleuron
Poekilopleuron bucklandii (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837)
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · 168.2–165.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Poekilopleuron bucklandii is a theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 168.2–165.3 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Eudes-Deslongchamps 1837). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Poekilopleuron sits in deep time
Poekilopleuron
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Poekilopleuron's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.