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Megalosauridae is a monophyletic family of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs within the order Megalosauroidea, closely related to the family Spinosauridae. Some members of this family include Megalosaurus, Torvosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, and Afrovenator. Appearing in the Middle Jurassic, megalosaurids were among the first major radiation of large theropod dinosaurs, although they became extinct by the end of the Jurassic period. They were a relatively primitive group of basal tetanurans containing two main subfamilies, Megalosaurinae and Afrovenatorinae, along with the basal genus Eustreptospondylus, an unresolved taxon which differs from both subfamilies.

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4822660	https://www.gbif.org/species/4822660
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	358782	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=358782

Rank

family (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Megalosauridae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Megalosauridae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
family	Megalosauridae

Scientific Name

Megalosauridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megalosauridae	unranked clade	belongs to Dinosaurii	stated without evidence	Bonaparte, 1850

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Fitzinger. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Apud Braumüller and Seidel Bibliopolas, Vienna

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalosauridae

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Afrovenator genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dubreuillosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Duriavenator genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eustreptospondylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gasosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Hispanosauropus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iliosuchus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kaijiangosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Leshansaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Magnosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Megalosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Piveteausaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Poekilopleuron genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Teratosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	252 Ma Permian	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Torvosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Wiehenvenator genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Megalosauri Fitzinger p. 35
1849	Megalosaurinidae d'Orbigny p. 206
1850	Megalosauridae Bonaparte p. 1
1853	Megalosauridae Gervais p. 471
1870	Megalosauridae Huxley p. 34
1871	Megalosauridae Cope p. 234
1875	Megalosauridae Cope p. 13
1882	Megalosauridae Marsh
1882	Megalosauridae Sauvage p. 35
1883	Megalosauridae Cope p. 99
1884	Megalosauridae Dollo p. 298
1884	Megalosauridae Marsh p. 69
1884	Megalosauridae Vetter p. 363
1885	Megalosauridae Lydekker p. 37
1885	Megalosauridae Marsh p. 764
1888	Megalosauridae Lydekker p. 157
1889	Megalosauridae Cope p. 16
1890	Megalosauridae Marsh p. 424
1890	Megalosauridae Zittel p. 722
1891	Megalosauridae Baur p. 450
1891	Megalosauridae Cope p. 43
1893	Megalosauridae Lydekker p. 286
1895	Megalosauridae Marsh
1895	Megalosauridae Sauvage p. 470
1896	Megalosauridae Marsh p. 239
1898	Megalosauridae Cope p. 68
1898	Megalosauridae Sauvage p. 8
1900	Megalosauridae Sauvage p. 417
1900	Megalosauridae Van Den Broeck p. 83
1902	Megalosauridae Hay p. 487
1902	Megalosauridae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv
1905	Megalosauridae Lambe p. 48
1909	Megalosauridae Arldt p. 262
1909	Megalosauridae Huene p. 15
1911	Megalosauridae von Zittel p. 281
1913	Megalosauridae Tornier p. 368
1914	Megalosauridae Huene p. 38
1914	Megalosauridae Jaekel p. 197
1915	Megalosauridae Matthew p. 32
1919	Megalosauridae Gilmore p. 67
1923	Megalosauridae Huene p. 457
1923	Megalosauridae Nopcsa p. 126
1924	Megalosauridae Lull p. 229
1926	Megalosauridae Huene pp. 87-89
1927	Megalosauridae Huene p. 267
1928	Megalosauridae Nopcsa p. 183
1929	Megalosauridae Huene p. 270
1932	Erectopodidae Huene
1932	Megalosauridae Rama Rao p. 224
1934	Megalosauridae Stromer p. 41
1934	Erectopodidae Stromer p. 80
1934	Megalosauridae Stromer p. 80
1936	Megalosauridae Swinton p. 208
1937	Megalosauridae Roxo p. 65
1946	Erectopodidae Kuhn p. 65
1946	Megalosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948	Bahariasauridae Huene p. 90
1948	Erectopodidae Huene p. 90
1948	Megalosauridae Huene p. 90
1956	Megalosauridae Romer p. 615

Year	Name and Author
1960	Megalosauridae Delair p. 76
1960	Megalosauridae Lapparent p. 26
1963	Megalosauridae Parsch p. 4
1964	Megalosauridae Colbert pp. 21-22 fig. 6
1964	Megalosauridae Estes p. 144
1964	Megalosauridae Hu p. 56
1964	Megalosauridae Tatarinov p. 537
1964	Megalosauridae Walker p. 128
1966	Megalosauridae Kuhn p. 96
1966	Megalosauridae Romer p. 369
1966	Megalosauridae del Corro p. 2
1968	Megalosauridae Maleev p. 95
1969	Megalosauridae Colbert and Russell p. 45
1970	Megalosauridae Reig p. 279
1970	Megalosauridae Steel p. 27
1970	Megalosauridae Swinton p. 151
1974	Megalosauridae Waldman p. 325
1975	Megalosauridae Hou et al. p. 29
1976	Megalosauridae Barsbold p. 74
1977	Megalosauridae Barsbold p. 50
1977	Megalosauridae Galton p. 230
1978	Megalosauridae Bonaparte p. 323
1978	Megalosauridae Dong et al.
1979	Megalosauridae Galton and Jensen p. 1
1979	Megalosauridae Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980	Megalosauridae Bonaparte p. 82
1980	Megalosauridae Ostrom p. 22
1981	Megalosauridae McIntosh p. 7
1982	Megalosauridae Gardiner p. 229
1982	Megalosauridae Santafé et al. p. 83
1983	Megalosauridae Barsbold p. 95
1983	Megalosauridae Dong et al.
1984	Megalosauridae Dong
1984	Megalosauridae Russell p. 28
1985	Megalosauridae Dong and Tang
1985	Torvosauridae Jensen
1987	Megalosauridae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66
1988	Megalosauridae Carroll
1988	Megalosauridae Paul p. 280
1989	Torvosauridae Kurzanov p. 3
1989	Megalosauridae Kurzanov p. 4
1992	Megalosauridae Dong p. 164
1992	Megalosauridae Novas p. 140
1994	Megalosauridae Currie and Zhao p. 2079
1994	Torvosauridae Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3
1996	Megalosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 42A
1996	Torvosauridae Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4
1997	Torvosauridae Sereno p. 456
1998	Torvosauridae Sereno p. 64
1998	Torvosauridae Sereno et al. p. 1302
1999	Torvosauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2004	Megalosauridae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2005	Megalosauridae Allain p. 850
2006	Megalosauridae Chure et al. p. 236
2006	Torvosauridae Mateus et al. p. 127
2008	Megalosauridae Benson p. 58
2012	Megalosauridae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2013	Megalosaurinidae Hanson and Makovicky p. 781
2014	Megalosauridae Hendrickx and Mateus
2016	Megalosauridae Rauhut et al. p. 38

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