Reptilia - Megalosauridae - Megalosauridae
Full reference: L. Fitzinger. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Apud Braumüller and Seidel Bibliopolas, Vienna 1-106
Parent taxon: Dinosaurii according to C.-L. Bonaparte 1850
Sister taxa: Ancistrodon, Astrodon pusillus, Carnosauriformes, Dictyoolithidae, Diplodocia, Dongyangoolithidae, Dystrophaeidae, Fusioolithidae, Gigantosauropus, Harpagosauria, Herreravia, Huanglongpus, Iguanodonichnus, Lagunculapes, Mirsosauropus, Mosaicoolithus, Neosauropus, Nyasasaurus, Omosaurus phillipsi, Ornithischia, Ornithischiformes, Paleodinosauria, Phaceloolithidae, Phytodinosauria, Phytophagi, Polyclonoolithidae, Postpubici, Praepubici, Saurischia, Sauropodichnus, Similifaveoloolithidae, Sinoichnites, Stalicoolithidae, Therophagi, Therosauria, Toyamasauripus, Tretospondylia, Xiphopeza, Youngoolithidae, Yunnanpus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Japan (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), China (1), France (3), Germany (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Niger (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence