Eustreptospondylus

Type Species: Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis

Classification: Dinosauria – Saurischia – Theropoda – Carnosauria - Megalosauroidea – - Megalosauria - Megalosauridae - Eustreptospondylinae

Time Period: Late Jurassic

Location: Europe (England) 

Diet: Carnivore   

The twenty-foot-long theropod Eustreptospondylus was discovered in the shallow marine sediments of the Oxford Sea. This predator prowled the prehistoric beaches of English islands during the Late Jurassic. It had a pointed snout with large nostrils. It was smaller than its contemporary Metriacanthosaurus, and it probably fed on small dinosaurs and pterosaurs or scavenged carcasses washed up on island beaches. Many scientists believe it was a strong swimmer capable of swimming island-to-island like the modern Komodo Dragon. A similar and contemporaneous theropod, Streptosponydlus, hunted the archipelagos of modern France.