Magnosaurus
| Magnosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Skeletal diagram of the holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Magnosaurus |
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| †Megalosaurus nethercombensis Huene, 1923
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†M. nethercombensis (Huene, 1923 [originally Megalosaurus]) | |
Magnosaurus (meaning 'large lizard') was a theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. The main species, Magnosaurus nethercombensis has poorly preserved remains. It has often been confused with or included in Megalosaurus.
In 1923, German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene named Megalosaurus nethercombensis from a partial skeleton. It was found in the nineteenth century by W. Parker in Dorset. Fossils came from a possible juvenile individual. Huene interpreted it as a more primitive species of Megalosaurus.[1]
The remains are just a few fragments. Details of its anatomical features are unknown. It would have been a bipedal carnivore of moderate size for a dinosaur.
Magnosaurus Media
Life restoration
Size of Magnosaurus (in green) compared to two other afrovenatorines
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi by Paleocolour
A reconstruction based on the new description of S. aegyptiacus.
Eustreptospondylus Reconstruction flipped for use in cladograms, etc.
Duriavenator reconstruction flipped for use in cladograms and such.
Megalosaurus silhouette by Paleogeek
Torvosaurus tanneri Reconstruction (Flipped)
Afrovenator Abakensis by PaleoGeek
Dubreuillosaurus NT Flipped
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References
- ↑ von Huene, F. (1923). Carnivorous Saurischia in Europe since the Triassic. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 34:449-458.