Streptospondylus altdorfensis Meyer 1832 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Megalosauria

Alternative combination: Strepospondylus altfordensis

Synonyms: Laelaps gallicus Cope 1867, Poicilopleurum gallicum Cope 1867

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe; Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber, Franfurt am Main 1-560

Belongs to Streptospondylus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Allain 2001, Brignon 2016, Brignon 2018, Cope 1867, Cope 1870, Holtz et al. 2004, Irmis and Knoll 2008, Juárez Valieri et al. 2007, Meyer 1832, Naish and Martill 2007, Rauhut et al. 2016 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Streptospondylus altdorfensis: MNHN 8605-09, 8787-89, 8793-94, 8907, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Honfleur, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine marl in France.
  • Laelaps gallicus:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires, near Honfleur

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