Describer

Huene, 1932

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Info

Genus

Caudocoelus sauvagei (Huene, 1932) > Teinurosaurus sauvagei (Nopcsa, 1928 emend. 1929)

Named for a single tail vertebra with a lengthwise depression on one side. The material was originally referred to as Iguanodon prestwichii by Sauvage, (1897) but was subsequently renamed Teinurosaurus by Nopcsa, (1928) and than renamed Caudocoelus sauvagei by Huene (1932) before finally being renamed Teinurosaurus sauvagei by Olshevsky (1978). The material is clearly theropod but must be regarded as a nomen dubium.