Magnosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0145Middle Inferior Oolite Fm., United Kingdom

Magnosaurus

DV-0145

Lived
171 to 169 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Megalosauridae
Found in
United Kingdom
Named by
Huene 1932

Field notes

About Magnosaurus

Magnosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 171 to 169 million years ago. It belongs to the family Megalosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Magnosaurus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Middle Inferior Oolite Formation. It was named by Huene in 1932.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

170 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Megalosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361