Megalosauropus broomensis Colbert and Merrilees 1967 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combination: Megalosauropus broomfieldensis

Full reference: E. H. Colbert and D. Merrilees. 1967. Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50(1):21-25

Belongs to Megalosauropus according to S. W. Salisbury et al. 2016

See also Bessedik et al. 2020, Colbert and Merrilees 1967, Haubold 1971, Lockley et al. 1996, Long 1992, Marty et al. 2018, Mayor and Sarjeant 2001, McCrea et al. 2011, Meyer et al. 2021, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1991, Romilio et al. 2017, Romilio and Salisbury 2011, Scanlon 2006, Thulborn 2009 and Zammit and Elliott 2012

Sister taxa: Megalosauropus brionensis, Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus

Type specimen: WAM 66.2.51, a footprint. Its type locality is Minyirr tracksite, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian lagoonal sandstone/siltstone in the Broome Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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