Poekilopleuron

Poekilopleuron Temporal range: Middle Bathonian, 167.7–166.1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Cast of the holotype gastralia, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Avetheropoda
Clade:	†Carnosauria
Genus:	†Poekilopleuron Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1836
Type species
†Poekilopleuron bucklandii Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1836
Synonyms[1]
Genus synonyms Poecilopleuron Bronn, 1837 (nomen nudum) Poikilopleuron Owen, 1842 Poecilopleurum Bronn, 1849 Poicilopleuron Joseph Leidy, 1870 Species synonyms Poikilopleuron bucklandi Owen, 1842 Poecilopleurum bucklandi Bronn, 1849 Poicilopleuron bucklandi Leidy, 1870 Megalosaurus bucklandi Hulke, 1879 Megalosaurus poikilopleuron Huene, 1926 Poekilopleuron bucklandi White, 1973 Poecilopleuron bucklandi Welles & Long, 1974

Poekilopleuron (meaning "varied ribs") is a genus of carnosaurian theropod dinosaur, which lived during the middle Bathonian of the Jurassic, about 168 to 166 million years ago. The genus has been used under many different spelling variants, although only one, Poekilopleuron, is valid. The type species is P. bucklandii, named after William Buckland, and many junior synonyms of it have also been erected. Little material is currently known, as the holotype was destroyed in World War II, although many casts of the material still exist.