Duriavenator Benson 2008 (Dorset hunter)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Full reference: R. B. J. Benson. 2008. A redescription of 'Megalosaurus' hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom. Zootaxa 1931:57-67

Parent taxon: Megalosaurinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2016

See also Benson 2008, Benson and Barrett 2009, Carrano et al. 2012, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014 and Rauhut et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Megalosaurus, Torvosaurus, Wiehenvenator

Subtaxa: Duriavenator hesperis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Greenhill, Sherborne (BMNH) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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