Megalosauroids facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Megalosauroids Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Late Cretaceous, 170–85Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Late Maastrichtian record
Torvosaurus skeletal mount, Museum of Ancient Life
Spinosaurus skeletal mount, National Geographic Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Orionides
Superfamily:	†Megalosauroidea Huxley, 1889
Type species
†Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell, 1827
Subgroups
?†Yunyangosaurus †Piatnitzkysauridae †Megalosauria †Megalosauridae †Spinosauridae
Synonyms
Spinosauroidea Stromer, 1915 Torvosauroidea Nopcsa, 1915 Spinosauria Olshevsky, 1991

Megalosauroidea is a group of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. They lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period. Members of the group include Spinosaurus, Megalosaurus, and Torvosaurus.

Classification

The definition of the clade Megalosauroidea includes Megalosaurus bucklandii and all taxa that share a more recent common ancestor with it than they do with Allosaurus fragilis or the House Sparrow.

Here is a cladogram showing the relationships between different members of Megalosauroidea. It is based on a study by Carrano, Benson & Sampson (2012).

See also

In Spanish: Megalosauroidea para niños