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Megalosauroidea ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	57247	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57247

Rank

superfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Megalosauroidea

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
-	Orionides	Carrano et al. 2012
suborder	Megalosauroidea

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megalosauroidea	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Nopcsa, 1928
Megalosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Carnosauria	stated without evidence	Walker, 1964
Megalosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Megalosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Carnosauria	stated with evidence	Osmólska and Roniewicz, 1970
Megalosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Tetanurae	stated without evidence	Holtz, 1995
Megalosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Orionides	stated with evidence	Carrano et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Theropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. The genera of reptiles. Palaeobiologica 1:163-188

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Deinodontidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	16	145 Ma Late Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Megalosauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	107	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Piatnitzkysauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	7	180 Ma Early Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Spinosauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	121	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eutynichnium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Irenesauripus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	18	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sciurumimus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Megalosauria ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	6	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Megalosauroidea Nopcsa p. 183
1964	Megalosauroidea Walker p. 128
1966	Megalosauroidea Kuhn p. 96
1970	Megalosauroidea Osmólska and Roniewicz p. 7
1971	Megalosauroidea Haubold p. 77
1995	Megalosauroidea Holtz, Jr. p. 35A
2012	Megalosauroidea Carrano et al. p. 251

References

Nopcsa B. F. (1928) The genera of reptiles, Palaeobiologica 1, 163-188

Walker A. D. (1964) Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248, 53-134

Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154

Osmólska H., Roniewicz E. (1970) Deinocheiridae, a new family of theropod dinosaurs, Palaeontologica Polonica 21, 5-19

Haubold H. (1971) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium. Gistav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-124

Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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