Duriavenator hesperis Waldman 1974

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Alternative combination: Megalosaurus hesperis

Full reference: M. Waldman. 1974. Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology 17(2):325-339

Belongs to Duriavenator according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Benson 2008, Benson and Barrett 2009, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Hutt et al. 1989, Molnar et al. 1990, Rauhut et al. 2016, Razzolini et al. 2016 and Waldman 1974

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R.332, a partial skull. Its type locality is Greenhill, Sherborne (BMNH), which is in a Bajocian marine grainstone in the Upper Inferior Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Greenhill, Sherborne (BMNH)

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