Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Theropoda
Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda
Unranked clade
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Averostra
Unranked clade
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Tetanurae
Unranked clade
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Megalosauroidea
Superfamily
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Megalosauridae
Family
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Megalosaurinae
Subfamily
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Megalosaurus
Genus
Fossil sites 60 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
1
Coniacian
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
5
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
3
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Valanginian
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
5
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
3
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
4
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
3
Callovian
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
6
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
16
Bajocian
(170.9–168.2 Ma)
4
Pliensbachian
(192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Rhaetian
(205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Species (5)
Megalosaurus bucklandii
171 Ma
Megalosaurus conybearei
nomen nudum, species not entered Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus dapukaensis
175 Ma
Megalosaurus tibetensis
201 Ma
Synonyms (2)
Megalosaurus conybearei
nomen nudum, species not entered Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus dunkeri
nomen dubium, species not entered Megalosaurus
Bibliography
Original description
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