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Magnosaurus
Taxonomy
Magnosaurus was named by Huene (1932).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966) and Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosaurinidae by Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Molnar et al. (1990); to Spinosauroidea by Rauhut (2003); to Eustreptospondylidae by Yates (2005); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004) and Benson and Barrett (2009); to Afrovenatorinae by Carrano et al. (2012); and to Eustreptospondylinae by Rauhut et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalosaurus by Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966) and Steel (1970).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Megalosaurinidae by Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Molnar et al. (1990); to Spinosauroidea by Rauhut (2003); to Eustreptospondylidae by Yates (2005); to Tetanurae by Holtz et al. (2004) and Benson and Barrett (2009); to Afrovenatorinae by Carrano et al. (2012); and to Eustreptospondylinae by Rauhut et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Magnosaurus Huene p. 220 |
| 1939 | Magnosaurus Kuhn p. 68 |
| 1989 | Magnosaurus Kurzanov p. 4 |
| 1990 | Magnosaurus Molnar et al. p. 191 |
| 2003 | Magnosaurus Rauhut p. 146 |
| 2004 | Magnosaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73 |
| 2005 | Magnosaurus Yates p. 118 |
| 2009 | Magnosaurus Benson and Barrett p. 137 |
| 2012 | Magnosaurus Carrano et al. p. 251 |
| 2016 | Magnosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 38 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Bajocian or 171.60000 to 168.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Bajocian | United Kingdom (England) | Megalosaurus nethercombensis (52530) |