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Poekilopleuron
uncommon

Poekilopleuron

Poekilopleuron bucklandii

Era: JurassicDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Middle JurassicSize: 9m

Poekilopleuron (meaning "varied ribs") is a genus of carnosaurian theropod dinosaur, which lived during the middle Bathonian of the Jurassic, about 168 to 166 million years ago. The genus has been used under many different spelling variants, although only one, Poekilopleuron, is valid. The type species is P. bucklandii, named after William Buckland, and many junior synonyms of it have also been erected