Metriacanthosaurus parkeri Huene 1923 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Metriacanthosauridae

Alternative combination: Megalosaurus parkeri

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1923. Carnivorous Saurischia in Europe since the Triassic. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 34:449-458

Belongs to Metriacanthosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Benson and Barrett 2009, Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut et al. 1995, Delair 1960, Delair 1960, Holtz et al. 2004, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Huene 1926, Kuhn 1939, Martill 1988, Naish and Martill 2007, Paul 1988, Steel 1970, Stromer 1936, Swinton 1970 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OUM J.12144, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth (OUM), which is in an Oxfordian marine claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth (OUM)

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