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sharp-clawed runner
Dubreuillosaurus
Say it like this: “dub-rhe-oo-oh-sore-us”
Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis
Dubreuillosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in France.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Allain, R.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 5–9 m · 16–30 ft
- Weight
- 250 kg · 551 lb
- Found in
- France · Calcaire de Caen
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Afrovenatorinae
The story in short
In 2005, R. Allain published the name Dubreuillosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Dubreuillosaurus date to the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from France, including the Calcaire de Caen Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Dubreuillosaurus at a length near 5–9 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 250 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Afrovenatorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Afrovenator
Afrovenator abakensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
Leshansaurus
Leshansaurus qianweiensis
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
Magnosaurus
Magnosaurus nethercombensis
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) · roughly 170.9 to 168.2 million years ago