Magnosaurus
Field photograph to come
Magnosaurus
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- 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
170 million years ago
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