Synonyms: Magnosaurus woodwardi Huene 1932 [objective synonym], Megalosaurus andrewsi Huene 1932, Sarcosaurus andrewsi Huene 1932
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1921. On some remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 8:570-576
Belongs to Sarcosaurus according to R. S. Tykoski and T. E. Rowe 2004
See also Andrews 1921, Carrano and Sampson 2004, Charig 1967, Delsate and Ezcurra 2014, Ezcurra 2017, Ezcurra et al. 2020, Gauthier 1986, Holtz 1998, Huene 1923, Huene 1932, Kuhn 1939, Martill et al. 2016, Molnar et al. 1990, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Naish and Martill 2007, Paul 1988, Rowe 1989, Rowe and Gauthier 1990, Rowe et al. 1997, Steel 1970, Waldman 1974 and Welles 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Sarcosaurus woodi: BMNH 4840/1, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
- Magnosaurus woodwardi: BMNH R.3542, a limb element (tibia). Its type locality is Wilmcote, Warwickshire (Hettangian), which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Sarcosaurus andrewsi: BMNH R.3542, a limb element (tibia). Its type locality is Wilmcote, Warwickshire (Hettangian), which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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