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sharp-clawed runner
Poekilopleuron
Say it like this: “PEEK-i-lo-PLOOR-on”
Poekilopleuron bucklandii
Poekilopleuron 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
- 1837 · Eudes-Deslongchamps, J. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- France · Calcaire de Caen
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megalosauridae
The story in short
Poekilopleuron was formally named in 1837 by J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps. The name means “varied ribs.”
Fossils referred to Poekilopleuron 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 Poekilopleuron at a length near 9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Megalosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.