Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Megalosauropus

Colbert and Merrilees 1967

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
15
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Megalosauropus
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory specimen of Ichnogenus Grallator © Safranes at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia
PBDB
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Megalosauropus Genus
Fossil sites 15 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
6
🇩🇿 Algeria
5
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇭🇷 Croatia
1
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Geological formations
Tiloula
2
Continental Intercalaire
1
Camadas de Almargem
1
Patuxent
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
6
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
4
Species (3)
Megalosauropus brionensis 126 Ma
Megalosauropus broomensis 137 Ma
Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. H. Colbert and D. Merrilees. 1967. Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50(1):21-25
Bibliography (9)
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R. E. Weems and J. M. Bachman. 1997. Cretaceous anuran and dinosaur footprints from the Patuxent Formation of Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(1):1-17
J. A. Long. 1992. Cretaceous dinosaur ichnofauna from Broome, Western Australia. The Beagle: Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 9(1):262
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H. Haubold. 1971. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium. DOI ↗
E. H. Colbert and D. Merrilees. 1967. Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50(1):21-25
E. W. Shuler. 1917. Dinosaur tracks in the Glen Rose Limestone near Glen Rose, Texas. The American Journal of Science, series 4 44(23):294-298 DOI ↗