Megalosauroids facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Megalosauroids |
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| Torvosaurus skeletal mount, Museum of Ancient Life | |
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| Spinosaurus skeletal mount, National Geographic Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Orionides |
| Superfamily: | †Megalosauroidea Huxley, 1889 |
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| †Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell, 1827
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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).
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See also
In Spanish: Megalosauroidea para niños
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