Poekilopleuron
Poekilopleuron
bucklandi
Pronounced:
poe-Key-low-Pler
- on
Diet:
Carnivore
(Meat-Eater)
Name
Means:
"Various
Side"
Length:
30 feet
(9 m)
Height:
10 feet
(3m)
Weight:
1.5
(1,300
kilos)
Time:
Late
Jurassic
- 165
mya
Fossil
remains
for
this
Dinosaur
have
been
found
in
Europe
Poekilopleuron
was found in
1838, making
it one of
the first
dinosaurs
ever
discovered
in Europe.
Unfortunately,
no one will
ever see or
study the
original
fossils of
this large,
ferocious
meat-eater,
as they were
destroyed
during WWII
when bombs
leveled the
museum in
which they
were stored.
Some
scientists
think that
it may be
the same
dinosaur as
Megalosaurus
but it will
be
impossible
to know for
sure unless
other
fossils are
uncovered
that are the
same as the
originals.
With no
specimen
available
for a
reliable
evaluation
using
contemporary
analysis
techniques,
the
questions
and debates
surrounding
Poekilopleuron
may never be
resolved. A
specimen
from the
former
Soviet Union
was
initially
described as
a species of
this
dinosaur,
but that
classification
is
considered
invalid by
most
scientists. |
