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Duriavenator hesperis
Taxonomy
Megalosaurus hesperis was named by Waldman (1974). Its type specimen is BMNH R.332, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Greenhill, Sherborne (BMNH), which is in a Bajocian marine grainstone in the Upper Inferior Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Duriavenator hesperis by Benson (2008), Benson and Barrett (2009), Carrano et al. (2012), Fernandes de Azevedo et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Rauhut et al. (2016) and Razzolini et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Duriavenator hesperis by Benson (2008), Benson and Barrett (2009), Carrano et al. (2012), Fernandes de Azevedo et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Rauhut et al. (2016) and Razzolini et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Megalosaurus hesperis Waldman p. 325 figs. Pl. 42-43 |
| 1989 | Megalosaurus hesperis Hutt et al. p. 141 |
| 1990 | Megalosaurus hesperis Molnar et al. p. 192 |
| 2008 | Duriavenator hesperis Benson p. 59 |
| 2009 | Duriavenator hesperis Benson and Barrett p. 136 |
| 2012 | Duriavenator hesperis Carrano et al. p. 231 |
| 2013 | Duriavenator hesperis Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 134 |
| 2014 | Duriavenator hesperis Hendrickx and Mateus p. 26 |
| 2016 | Duriavenator hesperis Rauhut et al. p. 2 |
| 2016 | Duriavenator hesperis Razzolini et al. p. 11 |
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†Duriavenator hesperis Waldman 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. B. J. Benson 2008 | Megalosaurid theropod with the following autapomorphies of the maxilla: deep groove on dorsal surface of jugal process containing numerous pneumatic foramina; array of small foramina in ventral part of articular surface for premaxilla. | |
| M. T. Carrano et al. 2012 | Megalosaurid theropod with: (1) deep groove on dorsal surface of jugal process of maxilla containing numerous pneumatic foramina; and (2) array of small foramina in ventral part of maxillary articular surface for premaxilla (all from Benson 2008a). |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Bajocian or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Bajocian | United Kingdom (England) | Megalosaurus bucklandi (type locality: 52319) |