Dubreuillosaurus

Dubreuil's lizard

• Dubreuil · French (surname) · Mr. Dubreuil, the person honoured
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines a surname, Dubreuil, with the Greek word for lizard. It honours Mr. Dubreuil, who is generally credited as the owner of the quarry in Normandy, France, where the fossils were found. The type species, D. valesdunensis, was first described as a species of Poekilopleuron and was moved to its own genus in 2005.

Named by

Allain

Year named

2005

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stage

Bathonian

Found in

Calcaire de Caen Formation, Normandy, France

A megalosaurid theropod, closely related to Piveteausaurus and Torvosaurus. The type species was originally named Poekilopleuron valesdunensis (Allain, 2001). The detail about the quarry owner is from memory, so treat it with some caution.