Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. The genera of reptiles. Palaeobiologica 1:163-188
Parent taxon: Megalosauridae according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2016
See also Carrano et al. 2012, Holtz et al. 2004, Nopcsa 1928, Paul 1988 and Rauhut et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Afrovenator, Eustreptospondylus, Torvosaurus
Subtaxa: Duriavenator Megalosaurus Torvosaurus Wiehenvenator
Type: Megalosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (3), Germany (1), India (1), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (10)
• Jurassic of China (3), France (7), Germany (4), Poland (1), Portugal (8), Tanzania (4), the United Kingdom (24), United States (9: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming), Uruguay (3)
• Triassic of France (1)
Total: 87 collections including 89 occurrences