-
classification of
megalosauroids follows a
study by
Benson in 2010. Note that
several "wildcard" taxa that are
probably megalosauroids were
excluded from...
- tails") is a
clade that
includes most
theropod dinosaurs,
including megalosauroids, allosauroids, and
coelurosaurs (which
includes tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs...
- skeleton,
including part of a skull. A medium-sized
piatnitzkysaurid megalosauroid about 6
metres (20 feet) in length.
Torvosaurus T.
tanneri Colorado...
- carnivores) †Piatnitzkysauridae (small
basal megalosauroids endemic to the Americas) †Megalosauridae (large
megalosauroids with
powerful arms and hands) †Spinosauridae...
-
Theropod paleopathology is the
study of
injury and
disease in
theropod dinosaurs. In 2001,
Ralph E.
Molnar published a
survey of
pathologies in theropod...
- [citation needed] If
piatnitzkysaurids are
megalosauroids, they can be
distinguished from
other megalosauroids due to the
following synapomorphies (distinguishing...
- centra. However, it can be
distinguished from
Piatnitzkysaurus and
other megalosauroids by
several diagnostic features.
Although some
features considered diagnostic...
-
Early Cretaceous was
dominated by more
basal tetanurans, such as the
megalosauroids and allosaurs, with
tyrannosaurids themselves only
taking over after...
- more
inclusive Carnosauria that is made up of both
allosauroids and
megalosauroids. The
first spinosaurid fossil, a
single conical tooth, was discovered...
- premaxilla, and if this is true,
Duriavenator would have been
unique among megalosauroids,
which have
either lower or
higher numbers of
premaxillary teeth. The...
