Eustreptospondylus

Eustreptospondylus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), 166–154 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mounted holotype skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Megalosauridae
Subfamily:	†Eustreptospondylinae Paul, 1988
Genus:	†Eustreptospondylus Walker, 1964
Species:	†E. oxoniensis
Binomial name
†Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis Walker, 1964
Synonyms
Magnosaurus oxoniensis (Walker, 1964) Rauhut 2003

Eustreptospondylus (/juːˌstrɛptoʊspɒnˈdaɪləs/ yoo-STREPT-o-spon-DY-ləs;^[1] meaning "true Streptospondylus" or "well curved vertebra") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur, from the Callovian and Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic period (some time between 166 and 154 million years ago) in southern England, at a time when Europe was a series of scattered islands (due to tectonic movement at the time which raised the sea-bed and flooded the lowland).