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Poekilopleuron
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Only a partial Poekilopleuron skeleton has been found.
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- Pronounced
- peek-i-loh-ploor-on
- Meaning of name
- varied ribs
- Length
- 9m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Mid Jurassic
(169 - 164 million years ago) - Found in
- France
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Spinosauroidea, Megalosauridae, Megalosaurinae, Poekilopleuron
- Named by
- Eudes-Deslongchamps (1838)
- Type species
- bucklandii