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Calamospondylus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification

Class

Reptilia

Superorder

Dinosauria

Order

Theropoda

Infraorder

Coelurosauria

Family

Coeluridae

Genus

Calamospondylus
Fox, 1866

Species


Calamospondylus (meaning "quill vertebrae") is a theropod dinosaur genus. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, and its fossils were found in England. The type species, Calamospondylus oweni, was described by amateur paleontologist Reverend William Darwin Fox in 1866, but is based on fragmentary material. It has been part of a confusing taxonomic issue also involving Aristosuchus and Calamosaurus (which was also named "Calamospondylus", but then renamed).

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