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Megalosauroids
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Late Cretaceous, 170–85Ma
Possible Late Maastrichtian record
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Torvosaurus skeletal mount, Museum of Ancient Life
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Spinosaurus skeletal mount, National Geographic Museum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Orionides
Superfamily: Megalosauroidea
Huxley, 1889
Type species
Megalosaurus bucklandii
Mantell, 1827
Subgroups
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).

Tetanurae

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Chuandongocoelurus



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Orionides
Avetheropoda

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Coelurosauria

Lourinhanosaurus



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Megalosauroidea
Piatnitzkysauridae

Marshosaurus




Condorraptor



Piatnitzkysaurus




Megalosauria

Streptospondylus


Spinosauridae


Baryonyx



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Angaturama



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Spinosaurus Spinosaurus white background.jpg




Megalosauridae
Eustreptospondylinae

Eustreptospondylus




Megalosaurinae

Duriavenator




Megalosaurus



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Afrovenatorinae

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Dubreuillosaurus



Magnosaurus





Leshansaurus



Piveteausaurus











See also

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