Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Eustreptospondylus
Say it ewe-strep-toe-SPON-die-luss. The name means ‘well-curved vertebra’.
- Length
- 7 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Mid Jurassicabout 165 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- England
- Named by
- Walker (1964)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Megalosauridae › Eustreptospondylinae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Found in Britain. Fossils of Eustreptospondylus have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.
Lived at the same time
- Cetiosauriscus · same country
- Cetiosaurus · same country
- Proceratosaurus · same country
- Agilisaurus
- Anchiornis
- Bellusaurus
- Dubreuillosaurus
- Gasosaurus
Other large theropods
- Torvosaurus Late Jurassic
- Megalosaurus Mid Jurassic
- Piatnitzkysaurus Late Jurassic
- Dubreuillosaurus Late Jurassic
- Poekilopleuron Mid Jurassic
- Sinraptor Mid Jurassic
- Cryolophosaurus Early Jurassic
- Yangchuanosaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Eustreptospondylus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.