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Megalosauropus
Taxonomy
Megalosauropus was named by Colbert and Merrilees (1967). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Megalosauropus broomensis.
It was assigned to Megalosaurinidae by Colbert and Merrilees (1967); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1971); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1974), Antunes (1976); to Carnosauria by Long (1992); to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003); to Allosauroidea by Thulborn (2009); and to Theropoda by Salisbury et al. (2016), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Megalosaurinidae by Colbert and Merrilees (1967); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1971); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1974), Antunes (1976); to Carnosauria by Long (1992); to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003); to Allosauroidea by Thulborn (2009); and to Theropoda by Salisbury et al. (2016), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Megalosauropus Colbert and Merrilees |
| 1971 | Megalosauropus Haubold p. 79 |
| 1974 | Megalosauropus Haubold p. 46 |
| 1976 | Megalosauropus Antunes p. 20 |
| 1992 | Megalosauropus Long p. 262 |
| 2003 | Megalosauropus Romero Molina et al. p. 25 |
| 2009 | Megalosauropus Thulborn p. 89 |
| 2016 | Megalosauropus Salisbury et al. p. 29 |
| 2023 | Megalosauropus Poropat et al. p. 175 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Megalosauropus Colbert and Merrilees 1967
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†Megalosauropus brionensis Haubold 1971
†Megalosauropus broomensis Colbert and Merrilees 1967
†Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus Shuler 1917
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. H. Colbert and D. Merrilees 1967 | Bipedal trackway, with pace angulation about 140°-160°, stride about 2 meters
at a normal walk. Individual impressions large (order of 325 millimetres in length), three-toed, and with the angulation of the digits showing an average of about 35° to 45°. Each impression showing second, third and fourth digits with phalangeal formulae of 3 for digit II, 4 for digit III and 5 for digit IV. Trackways probably those of a megalosaurian carnosaur. |