Megalosauridae is a monophyletic family of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs within the group Megalosauroidea. Appearing in the Middle Jurassic, megalosaurids...
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Piatnitzkysaurus than to either Spinosaurus or Megalosaurus. Within Megalosauridae a new subfamily was named, Afrovenatorinae, to include all megalosaurids...
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most large carnivorous dinosaurs were serially arrayed into the family Megalosauridae within the order Theropoda. In 1914, Friedrich von Huene separated small...
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Megalosaurinae. However, Torvosauridae may be used as an alternative name for Megalosauridae if Megalosaurus is considered an indeterminable nomen dubium. Though...
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seen also on Torvosaurus. Most analyses place Afrovenator within the Megalosauridae, which was formerly a "wastebasket family" which contained many large...
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Ceratosauridae Infraorder Tetanurae †Superfamily Megalosauroidea †Family Megalosauridae †Family Spinosauridae †Parvorder Carnosauria †Superfamily Allosauroidea...
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its outer side. In 1964, Walker assigned Eustreptrospondylus to the Megalosauridae, which was historically included in a paraphyletic "Carnosauria", though...
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height of the centrum. Originally named as a species of Megalosaurus in Megalosauridae, Metriacanthosaurus has since been reclassified in Metriacanthosauridae...
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Megalosauroidea (alternately Spinosauroidea) and the more derived Avetheropoda. Megalosauridae were primarily Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous predators, and their...
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diverse group that includes modern birds), and to belong in the family Megalosauridae. The long teeth at the front of the lower jaw may have been used for...
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