Reptilia - Theropoda - Metriacanthosauridae

Full reference: A. D. Walker. 1964. Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 248:53-134

Parent taxon: Metriacanthosaurinae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Allain 2001, Benson and Barrett 2009, Carroll 1988, Gao 1999, Holtz et al. 2004, Kurzanov 1989, Martill 1988, Naish and Martill 2007, Paul 1988, Rauhut et al. 2018, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: Siamotyrannus, Sinraptor

Subtaxa: Metriacanthosaurus parkeri

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth (OUM) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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