Wiehenvenator Rauhut et al. 2016 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, T. R. Hübner, and K.-P. Lanser. 2016. A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: Implications for theropod evolution and faunal turnover in the Jurassic. Palaeontologia electronica 19(2):2A:1-65

Parent taxon: Megalosaurinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2016

See also Rauhut et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Duriavenator, Megalosaurus, Torvosaurus

Subtaxa: Wiehenvenator albati

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Type: Wiehenvenator albati

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pott Quarry, Lutternsche Egge (Jurassic of Germany)

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