Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Alternative combination: Megalosaurus bucklandi
Belongs to Megalosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Allain and Chure 2002, Ameghino 1899, Bakker et al. 1992, Barrois 1875, Benson 2008, Benson et al. 2008, Benson and Barrett 2009, Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut et al. 1991, Buffetaut et al. 1995, Bunzel 1871, Cannon 1906, Chabli 1986, Cheevely and Chapman 1992, Choiniere et al. 2010, Cope 1866, Cope 1867, Cope 1870, Costa 1864, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Dalman 2014, Dames 1884, Day and Barrett 2004, Delair 1960, Delair 1960, Delair 1973, Delair 1992, Depéret 1896, Depéret and Savornin 1925, Depéret and Savornin 1928, Douvillé 1887, Etheridge 1882, Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838, Ezcurra 2017, Fitzinger 1843, Friese 1979, Gadow 1901, Galton and Knoll 2006, Gand et al. 2018, Gervais 1852, Hay 1902, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holl 1829, Holtz 1998, Holtz et al. 2004, Howlett et al. 2017, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Koken 1887, Kuhn 1939, Lambe 1904, Lapparent 1943, Lapparent 1967, Leidy 1868, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1888, Mansel-Pleydell 1888, Mantell 1827, Mantell 1833, Mantell 1851, Mantell 1854, Mateus 2006, Meyer 1832, Molnar et al. 1996, Molnar et al. 1990, Moro et al. 2020, Naish and Martill 2007, Newton 1889, Nopcsa 1901, Owen 1854, Owen 1857, Owen 1861, Padian 1997, Paul 1988, Perrier 1928, Phillips 1871, Pictet 1853, Plieninger 1846, Quenstedt 1852, Quenstedt 1861, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1882, Rama Rao 1932, Rauhut et al. 2016, Razzolini et al. 2016, Rioult 1978, Royo y Gomez 1927, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sauvage 1880, Sauvage 1880, Sauvage 1882, Sauvage 1882, Sauvage 1898, Sauvage 1900, Seeley 1883, Seeley 1893, Seeley 1894, Steel 1970, Stromer 1915, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1934, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Ubaghs 1892, Vila et al. 2011, von Zittel 1911, Waldman 1974, Walker 1964, Woodward and Sherborn 1890, Wu et al. 2009 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Megalosaurus (Deinodon), Megalosaurus conybearei, Megalosaurus dapukaensis, Megalosaurus dunkeri, Megalosaurus tibetensis
Type specimen: OUMNH J.13505 (lectotype), a mandible (partial right dentary). Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate quarries, which is in a Bathonian marginal marine sandstone in the Taynton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): fibula circumference 234.0, humerus circumference 191.0, scapula circumference 104.5, ulna circumference 142.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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