It is now more than a year since I put up a post on the rather little-known British dinosaur Eustreptospondylus. A browse through some files today looking for something else turned up two more photos of the holotype remeains that I had intended to show and had clearly forgotten or overlooked. In the interest of getting them out there, here’s the pelvis and partial hindlimb Ah, yeah, it’s not, it’s more Megalosaurus material – I’d stashed these in the wrong file. Thanks to the commenters for spotting the error.
Wow, much more left of that critter than I knew!
Then you need to look at our monograph! Sadleir et al. (2008) Pal. Soc. Monograph. It’s the most complete Middle Jurassic theropod from Europe.
Isn’t that Megalosaurus?
Good call. Specifically sacrum OUMNH J.13576, posterior dorsal OUMNH J.13577, ilium OUMNH J.13560, pubis OUMNH J.13563, femur OUMNH J.13561, metatarsal III OUMNH J.13569, several of which are Megalosaurus paralectotypes. The tibia’s probably OUMNH J.13562. You’d think the ischium would be OUMNH J.13565, but it doesn’t seem to match. I’m not sure about the lateral metatarsal.
Ah yes. Whoops. A lot of zooming in on an uncut photo reveals the letters ‘Meg’ at the edge. I’d stuck these in the wrong folder – my bad.