Fossil specimen : OUM J.12144/03 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Dinosauria |
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| Fossil Name | Metriacanthosaurus parkeri (von Huene, 1926) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Metriacanthosaurus parkeri (von Huene, 1926) – See Martill (1988): Holotype Megalosaurus parkeri von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.12144/03 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Parker, J. 1913 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Dorsal vertebra |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Jordan Cliff, Overcombe, 1½ miIes north of Weymouth, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Weymouth Member |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | HUENE, F. von. 1926. The carnivorous Saurichia in the Jura and Cretaceous Formations, principally in Europe. Revta Mus. La Plata, XXIX, 35-167. pp. 74 - 76; fig. 49 MARTILL, D.M. 1988. A review of the terrestrial vertebrate fossils of the Oxford Clay (Callovian-Oxfordian) of England. Mercian Geologist, II (3), 171-190. p. 186 |
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