Poekilopleuron

- Pronunciation: POY-ki-loh-PLOOR-on
- Translation: Spotted Side
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Infraorder: Ceratosauria
- Family: Megalosauridae
- Length: 29.5 feet (9 meters)
- Period: Middle Jurassic
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: The fragmentary remains of this early giant carnivore weredestroyed in the Second World War. It had short, powerful,five-fingered hands.