Megalosauripus Lessertisseur 1955 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Eubrontidae

Synonyms: Bueckeburgichnus Kuhn 1958, Chodjapilesaurus Amanniyazov 1985, Karkushosauropus Novikov and Dzhalilov 1993, Khodjapilosaurus Amanniyazov 1985, Megalosauropus Kaever and Lapparent 1974, Turkmenosaurus Amanniyazov 1985

Parent taxon: Eubrontidae according to N. L. Razzolini et al. 2017

See also Antunes 1976, Diedrich 2011, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kaever and Lapparent 1974, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley 2000, Lockley et al. 1996, Lockley et al. 2000, Romero Molina et al. 2003, Thulborn 2001 and Tsukiji et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Asianopodus, Chapus, Jinlijingpus, Jurabrontes, Zizhoupus

Subtaxa: Bueckeburgichnus maximus Chodjapilesaurus krimholzi Megalosauripus transjuranicus Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (1), Spain (10)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)

• Jurassic of Morocco (3), Poland (2), Portugal (5), Spain (3), Switzerland (10), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah), Uzbekistan (3)

Total: 54 collections including 60 occurrences

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