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Megalosaurinae
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Nominal Author | Huxley 1869 |
2nd Nominal Author | Nopcsa 1928 |
Taxon Status | INACTIVE |
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Definition Type | Unknown |
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historically polyphyletic other |
Critique | This taxon was defined by Holtz et al. (2004) but should be avoided given the long historical abuse of the family name Megalosauridae, which was used as a wastebasket for large basal theropods from several continents. |
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Earliest Record | All Megalosauridae that are more closely related to Poekilopleuron than to Torvosaurus. |
Latest Record | Allain 2002:563 |
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Poekilopleuron, Torvosaurus |
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Definitional History #2 | |
Earliest Record | Megalosaurus bucklandi and all taxa sharing a more recent common ancestor with it than with Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis. |
Latest Record | Holtz et al. 2004:96 |
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