Megalosaurus
"Big Lizard"

Length
Time, Million Years Ago
Place
9 - 10m
120 - 93.5
England

First Discovered
Discoverer
Family
1824
Buckland
Tetanurae

For a long time, this name was used as a label for any for any generic theropod dinosaur.

Type Species Information
After which the Genus is named

Megalosaurus bucklandii
Remains: Dentary, teeth, postcranial elements

Other Species

Name
Time
Named
M. sp.
176 - 169
?

© 2002 Gavin Rymill

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