Eustreptospondylus ( ; meaning "true
Streptospondylus") is a
genus of
megalosaurid dinosaur, from the
Callovian stage of the
Middle Jurassic period (some time between 165 and 161 million years ago) in southern
England, at a time when
Europe was a series of scattered islands (due to tectonic movement at the time which raised the sea-bed and flooded the lowland). It might have foraged on shorelines for carcasses and marine life.