Fossil specimen : OUM J.12143/01b – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Dinosauria |
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| Fossil Name | Magnosaurus |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Magnosaurus – See Benson et al. (2008) Megalosaurus nethercombensis von Huene, 1923 – See Waldman (1974): Holotype Magnosaurus nethercombensis (von Huene, 1926) – See Huene (1932): Holotype Megalosaurus nethercombensis von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype Megalosaurus (subgenus b) nethercombensis von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.12143/01b |
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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 | Right dentary |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Nethercombe, 1 mile north of Sherborne, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Inferior Oolite Group |
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| Biozone | Stephanoceras humphriesianum |
| Geological Age |
Bajocian Age (Jurassic Period) (168.3 – 170.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | BENSON, R.B.J., BARRETT, P.M., POWELL, H.P. and NORMAN, D.B. 2008. The taxonomic status of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria: Therapoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Oxfordshire, UK. Palaeontology, 51 (2), 419-424. pp. 421, 422, 423 HUENE, F. von. 1926. On several known and unknown reptiles of the Order Saurischia from England and France. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Series 9, 17, 473-489. pp. 475, 477; fig. 4 HUENE, F. von. 1926. The carnivorous Saurichia in the Jura and Cretaceous Formations, principally in Europe. Revta Mus. La Plata, XXIX, 35-167. pp. 71, 72; fig. 43 HUENE, F. von. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monogr. Geol. Paläont., Series 1, 4, 1-361. p. 220 WALDMAN, M. 1974. Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology, 17 (2), 325-339. pp. 333, 336; pl. 44, figs 1, 2, 6 |
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