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Streptospondylus Streptospondylus altdorfensis Meyer 1832
/stɹˈɛptəspˌɑːndɪləs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 165.3–159 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Region
Basse-Normandie
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Streptospondylus altdorfensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 165.3–159.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Basse-Normandie, France. It was named by Meyer 1832. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Streptospondylus altdorfensis sits in deep time
Streptospondylus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Streptospondylus altdorfensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.