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Megalosaurinae

Reptilia - Megalosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Megalosaurinae Nopcsa p. 183
1988Megalosaurinae Paul p. 280
2004Megalosaurinae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2012Megalosaurinae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2016Megalosaurinae Rauhut et al. p. 38
2018Megalosaurinae Rauhut et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyMegalosauridae()
subfamilyMegalosaurinae
subfamilyMegalosaurinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Megalosaurinae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Duriavenator Benson 2008 [Dorset hunter]
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†Duriavenator hesperis Waldman 1974
G. †Megalosaurus Parkinson 1822
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Subg. †Megalosaurus (Deinodon) Leidy 1857
†Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell 1827
Invalid names: Megalosaurus conybearei Ritgen 1826 [nomen nudum], Megalosaurus dunkeri Dames 1884 [nomen dubium]
G. †Torvosaurus Galton and Jensen 1979
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†Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus 2014
†Torvosaurus tanneri Galton and Jensen 1979
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Invalid names: Edmarka rex Bakker et al. 1992 [synonym]
Invalid names: Edmarka Bakker et al. 1992 [synonym], Megalosaurus ingens Janensch 1920 [nomen dubium]
G. †Wiehenvenator Rauhut et al. 2016
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†Wiehenvenator albati Rauhut et al. 2016
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. F. Nopcsa 1928skull metakinetic; manus well developed
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 205.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Franche-Comte) Megalosaurus sp. (90877)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Xizang) Megalosaurus tibetensis (165590)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Xizang Zizhiqu) Megalosaurus dapukaensis (53673)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (52539) Megalosaurus sp. (52541 52572 52573)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (52319)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian168.6 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Loxodonta africana (59715)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (57121 59362)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (52546) Megalosaurus sp. (31054)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (52550) Megalosaurus sp. (52551 53520 74835) Theropoda indet. (39075)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (57140 59357) Megalosaurus sp., Megalosaurus bucklandii (57120) Scrotum humanum (59716)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Franche-Comté) Megalosaurus sp. (67993)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Basse-Normandie) Megalosaurus sp. a (52633) Megalosaurus sp., Megalosaurus gracilis (141177)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Theropoda indet., Theropoda indet. (183141)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (59127)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Franche-Comté) Megalosaurus sp. (142143)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (91992)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Charentes) Megalosaurus sp. (90080)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Shanxi) Allosaurus sp. (55297)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Torvosaurus sp. (62561)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (91991)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21USA (Wyoming) Torvosaurus sp. (126540)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Torvosaurus sp. (149725)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21United Kingdom (England) Megalosauridae indet. (38656)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Megalosaurus sp. (182492)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (75743)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Colorado) Torvosaurus tanneri (48171)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Zachodniopomorskie) Megalosaurus sp. (163141)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Theropoda indet. (83735 213192) Torvosaurus sp. (83729)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Edmarka rex (49627 49628) Torvosaurus tanneri (39370 57894)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Torvosaurus gurneyi (49304) Torvosaurus tanneri (68904)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Torvosaurus sp. (51859)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Estremadura) Theropoda indet. (154743) Torvosaurus sp. (49265)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Lourinha) Torvosaurus tanneri (154212)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Lisboa) Torvosaurus sp. (68905 154726)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal (Lisboa) Torvosaurus sp., Carnosauria indet. (49230)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Theropoda indet. (45975)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Tanzania (Lindi) Megalosaurus ingens (213406)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Utah) Torvosaurus sp. (21852)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1France (Pas-de-Calais) Megalosaurus insignis (53966)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) Megalosaurus ingens (47154 47156) Megalosaurus sp. (49820)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (80516 224727)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Germany (Niedersachsen) Megalosaurus dunkeri (48925)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (52571) Megalosaurus sp. (187192)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Aptian139.1 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (190893)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Aptian139.1 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (222390)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (52649 91990)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus sp. (222518)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (La Rioja) Megalosaurus sp. (173556 173557 173558)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (36581)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (La Rioja) Megalosaurus sp. (59099 227100 227101 227102)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France (Lorraine) Megalosaurus sp. (140021 140022)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) Megalosaurus sp. (139920)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Belgium (Hainaut) Megalosaurus sp. (188778)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Megalosaurus sp. (58100)