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Megalosaurus

Osteichthyes - Megalosauridae

Taxonomy
Megalosaurus was named by Parkinson (1822) [A nomen nudum in this publication. Name ascribed to Buckland and Conybeare in Buckland 1824, p. 391, Pl. 40–47.]. It is the type genus of Megalosaurinidae, Megalosaurinae, Megalosauridae.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Allain and Chure (2002).

It was assigned to Enaliosauri by Parkinson (1822); to Ameivoidea by Fitzinger (1826); to Lacertilia by Owen (1841); to Megalosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Pachypodes by Meyer (1845); to Dinosauria by Owen (1842), Quenstedt (1852); to Dinosauria by Pictet (1853); to Deinosauria by Mantell (1854); to Harpagosauria by Haeckel (1866); to Dinosaurii by Quenstedt (1867); to Goniopoda by Cope (1869); to Theropoda by Quenstedt (1882); to Goniopoda by Cope (1866), Cope (1887); to Dinosauria by Owen (1854), Owen (1857), Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Lennier (1870), Seeley (1881), Lydekker (1883), Lydekker (1887), Mansel-Pleydell (1888); to Megalosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Theropoda by Dollo (1885), Gadow (1898), Gadow (1901); to Theropoda by Winkler (1893), Sauvage (1896), Gadow (1897), Sauvage (1914), Joleaud (1922); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1971), Haubold (1974); to Megalosauridae by Gardiner (1982); to Carnosauria by Delair (1973), Zhao (1983); to Carnosauria by Molnar et al. (1990); to Megalosauroidea by Holtz (1995); to Tetanurae by Holtz (1994), Holtz (2000); to Eustreptospondylidae by Mateus (2006); to Averostra by Benson et al. (2008); to Megalosauridae by d'Orbigny (1849), Gervais (1853), Gervais (1859), Huxley (1870), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1885), Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Baur (1891), Sauvage (1895), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Sauvage (1898), Van Den Broeck (1900), Sauvage (1900), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Williston (1905), Lambe (1905), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Matthew and Brown (1922), Piveteau (1923), Huene (1923), Lull (1924), Depéret and Savornin (1925), Piveteau (1926), Huene (1926), Huene (1927), Depéret and Savornin (1928), Rama Rao (1932), Stromer (1934), Stromer (1934), Swinton (1936), Romer (1956), Bataller (1960), Delair (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Walker (1964), del Corro (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Waldman (1974), Galton (1977), Madsen and Miller (1979), Molnar (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Buscalioni and Sanz (1984), Welles (1984), Chabli (1986), Britt (1987), Carroll (1988), Kurzanov (1989), Bakker et al. (1992), Currie and Zhao (1994), Holtz (1996), Gao (1999), Benson and Barrett (2009), Vila et al. (2011), Hanson and Makovicky (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014); and to Megalosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928), Paul (1988), Holtz et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2012), Rauhut et al. (2016), Rauhut et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Megalosaurus Parkinson p. 305 figs. Pl. 40-47
1826Megalosaurus Fitzinger p. 21
1826Megalosaurus conybearei Ritgen p. 354
1841Megalosaurus Owen p. 269
1842Megalosaurus Owen p. 103
1843Megalosaurus Fitzinger p. 35
1845Megalosaurus Meyer p. 281
1849Megalosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206
1852Megalosaurus Quenstedt p. 112
1853Megalosaurus Gervais p. 472
1853Megalosaurus Pictet p. 467
1854Megalosaurus Mantell p. 684
1854Megalosaurus Owen p. 19
1857Megalosaurus Owen p. 1
1859Megalosaurus Gervais p. 465
1859Megalosaurus Owen p. 151
1860Megalosaurus Owen p. 258
1861Megalosaurus Owen p. 286
1866Megalosaurus Cope p. 317
1866Megalosaurus Haeckel p. CXXXVI
1867Megalosaurus Quenstedt p. 143
1869Megalosaurus Cope p. 100
1870Megalosaurus Huxley p. 34
1870Megalosaurus Lennier p. 35
1881Megalosaurus Seeley p. 620
1882Megalosaurus Marsh
1882Megalosaurus Quenstedt p. 182
1882Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 35
1883Megalosaurus Lydekker p. 86
1884Altispinax dunkeri Dames pp. 186-188
1884Megalosaurus dunkeri Dames p. 186–188
1884Megalosaurus Dollo p. 298
1884Megalosaurus Marsh p. 69
1884Megalosaurus Vetter p. 363
1885Megalosaurus Dollo p. 36
1885Megalosaurus Lydekker p. 37
1885Megalosaurus Marsh p. 764
1887Megalosaurus Cope p. 222
1887Megalosaurus dunkeri Koken p. 8
1887Megalosaurus Lydekker p. 78
1888Megalosaurus dunkeri Lydekker pp. 59-60
1888Megalosaurus Lydekker p. 159
1888Megalosaurus dunkeri Lydekker p. 163
1888Megalosaurus Mansel-Pleydell p. 37
1889Megalosaurus dunkeri Lydekker p. 326
1889Megalosaurus dunkeri Newton p. 260
1890Megalosaurus Zittel p. 722
1890Megalosaurus dunkeri Zittel p. 724
1891Megalosaurus Baur p. 450
1893Megalosaurus Winkler p. 107
1895Megalosaurus Marsh
1895Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 470
1896Megalosaurus dunkeri Depéret p. 190
1896Megalosaurus Marsh p. 239
1896Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 48
1897Megalosaurus Gadow p. 204
1898Megalosaurus Gadow p. 22
1898Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 8
1900Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 417
1900Megalosaurus Van Den Broeck p. 84
1900Megalosaurus dunkeri Van Den Broeck p. 84
1901Megalosaurus Gadow p. 421
1901Megalosaurus Nopcsa p. 200
1901Megalosaurus dunkeri Nopcsa p. 200
1902Megalosaurus Hay p. 487
1902Megalosaurus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxviii
1905Megalosaurus Lambe p. 23
1905Megalosaurus Williston p. 345
1909Megalosaurus Arldt p. 262
1909Megalosaurus dunkeri Dollo p. 102
1909Megalosaurus Huene p. 15
1911Megalosaurus von Zittel p. 282
1914Megalosaurus Sauvage p. 254
1922Megalosaurus Joleaud p. 60
1922Megalosaurus Matthew and Brown p. 369
1923Megalosaurus Huene pp. 450-451, 457
1923Altispinax dunkeri Huene p. 453
1923Megalosaurus Piveteau p. 6
1924Megalosaurus Lull p. 229
1925Megalosaurus Depéret and Savornin pp. 1109-1110
1925Megalosaurus dunkeri Depéret and Savornin p. 1110
1926Altispinax dunkeri Huene p. 78
1926Megalosaurus Huene pp. 87-89
1926Altispinax dunkeri Huene p. 483
1926Megalosaurus Piveteau p. 34
1927Megalosaurus Huene p. 267
1927Megalosaurus dunkeri Royo y Gomez p. 126–127
1928Megalosaurus Depéret and Savornin p. 260
1928Streptospondylus dunkeri Depéret and Savornin pp. 261-263
1928Megalosaurus Nopcsa p. 183
1932Megalosaurus Rama Rao p. 224
1934Altispinax dunkeri Stromer p. 9
1934Megalosaurus Stromer p. 41
1936Altispinax dunkeri Stromer p. 67
1936Megalosaurus Swinton p. 208
1939Megalosaurus Kuhn p. 68
1939Altispinax dunkeri Kuhn p. 74
1956Megalosaurus Romer p. 615
1960Megalosaurus Bataller p. 157
1960Megalosaurus dunkeri Bataller p. 157
1960Megalosaurus Delair p. 77
1960Altispinax dunkeri Delair p. 79
1964Megalosaurus Tatarinov p. 537
1964Megalosaurus Walker p. 128
1966Megalosaurus Romer p. 369
1966Megalosaurus del Corro p. 2
1967Megalosaurus Charig p. 715
1969Megalosaurus dunkeri Quinet p. 30
1970Megalosaurus Steel p. 33
1970Megalosaurus dunkeri Steel p. 35
1970Megalosaurus Swinton pp. 142-145
1970Altispinax dunkeri Swinton p. 143
1971Megalosaurus Haubold p. 77
1973Megalosaurus Delair p. 2
1974Megalosaurus Haubold p. 46
1974Megalosaurus Waldman p. 326
1977Megalosaurus Galton p. 230
1979Megalosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980Megalosaurus Molnar p. 137
1982Megalosaurus Gardiner p. 222
1982Megalosaurus Santafé et al. p. 83
1982Megalosaurus dunkeri Santafé et al. p. 84
1983Megalosaurus Zhao p. 302
1984Megalosaurus Buscalioni and Sanz p. 12
1984Megalosaurus dunkeri Sanz p. 502
1984Altispinax dunkeri Taquet p. 217
1984Megalosaurus Welles p. 177
1986Megalosaurus Chabli pp. 70-71
1987Megalosaurus Britt p. 12A
1988Megalosaurus Carroll
1988Megalosaurus Paul pp. 280-281
1989Megalosaurus Kurzanov p. 4
1990Megalosaurus Molnar et al. p. 191
1992Megalosaurus Bakker et al. p. 3
1992Megalosaurus dunkeri Cheevely and Chapman p. 349
1994Megalosaurus Currie and Zhao
1994Megalosaurus Holtz
1995Megalosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 35A
1996Megalosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 42A
1997Altispinax dunkeri Vickaryous and Ryan p. 488
1999Megalosaurus Gao
2000Megalosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5
2003Prodeinodon dunkeri Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo pp. 112-113
2004Megalosaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2006Megalosaurus Mateus p. 226
2008Megalosaurus Benson et al. p. 420
2009Megalosaurus Benson and Barrett p. 140
2011Megalosaurus Vila et al. p. 158
2012Megalosaurus Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2013Megalosaurus Hanson and Makovicky p. 781
2014Megalosaurus Hendrickx and Mateus
2016Megalosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 38
2018Megalosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyMegalosauridae()
subfamilyMegalosaurinae
genusMegalosaurus

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. †Megalosaurus Parkinson 1822
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Subg. †Megalosaurus (Deinodon) Leidy 1857
†Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell 1827
Invalid names: Megalosaurus conybearei Ritgen 1826 [nomen nudum], Megalosaurus dunkeri Dames 1884 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available