Name:
Dubreuillosaurus (Greek for "Dubreuill's lizard"); pronounced doo-BRAIL-oh-SORE-us
Habitat:
Woodlands of western Europe
Historical Period:
Middle Jurassic (170 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 25 feet long and 2 tons
Diet:
Meat
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Long, low-slung skull
About Dubreuillosaurus:
Not the most easily spelled (or pronounced) dinosaur, Dubreuillosaurus was only "diagnosed" in 2005 on the basis of a partial skeleton (it was originally thought to have been a species of the obscure predator Poekilopleuron). Now classified as a megalosaur, a type of large theropod closely related to Megalosaurus, Dubreuillosaurus was characterized by its unusually long skull, which was three times as long as it was thick.
