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Nuthetes destructor
Taxonomy
Nuthetes destructor was named by Owen (1854). Its type specimen is DORCM G913, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102), which is in a Berriasian marine shale in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Nuthetes.
It was recombined as Megalosaurus destructor by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Holtz et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Megalosaurus destructor by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Holtz et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Nuthetes destructor Owen p. 420 figs. 1-4 |
| 1861 | Nuthetes destructor Owen p. 31 |
| 1879 | Nuthetes destructor Owen p. 16 |
| 1884 | Nuthetes destructor Damon p. 211 |
| 1888 | Nuthetes destructor Lydekker p. 247 |
| 1888 | Nuthetes destructor Mansel-Pleydell p. 7 |
| 1890 | Nuthetes destructor Woodward and Sherborn p. 253 |
| 1893 | Nuthetes destructor Seeley p. 227 |
| 1900 | Nuthetes destructor Van Den Broeck p. 84 |
| 1901 | Nuthetes destructor Nopcsa p. 201 |
| 1960 | Nuthetes destructor Delair p. 80 |
| 1970 | Nuthetes destructor Macfadyen p. 143 |
| 1970 | Megalosaurus destructor Steel p. 34 |
| 2002 | Nuthetes destructor Milner p. 192 |
| 2007 | Nuthetes destructor Naish and Martill p. 495 |
| 2009 | Nuthetes destructor Benson and Barrett p. 141 |
| 2017 | Nuthetes destructor Moreau et al. p. 785 |
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†Nuthetes destructor Owen 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available