Thecospondylus

Thecospondylus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~140–129 Ma Valanginian-Hauterivian
Thecospondylus neural canal cast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Genus: Thecospondylus
Seeley, 1882
Species:
T. horneri
Binomial name
Thecospondylus horneri
Seeley, 1882

Thecospondylus (THEEK-o-SPON-di-lus, "sheath vertebra") is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. Scientists are unsure as to whether Thecospondylus was a saurischian or an ornithischian.