Calamospondylus

Calamospondylus

Calamospondylus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Class	Reptilia
Superorder	Dinosauria
Order	Theropoda
Infraorder	Coelurosauria
Family	Coeluridae
Genus	Calamospondylus Fox, 1866
Species	C. oweni (type)

Calamospondylus (meaning "quill vertebrae") is a theropod dinosaur genus. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, and its fossils were found in England. The type species, Calamospondylus oweni, was described by amateur paleontologist Reverend William Darwin Fox in 1866, but is based on fragmentary material. It has been part of a confusing taxonomic issue also involving Aristosuchus and Calamosaurus (which was also named "Calamospondylus", but then renamed).

References

• Coelurosauria