Fossil specimen : OUM J.12143/04 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Dinosauria |
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| Fossil Name | Magnosaurus nethercombensis (von Huene, 1926) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Magnosaurus nethercombensis (von Huene, 1926) – See Benson & Barrett (2009): Holotype Megalosaurus nethercombensis von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype Megalosaurus (subgenus b) nethercombensis von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.12143/04 |
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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 tibia, proximal end |
| 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. and BARRETT, P.M. 2009. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part I, the carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda). Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc., 130, 133-147. p. 137 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. p. 476 HUENE, F. von. 1926. The carnivorous Saurichia in the Jura and Cretaceous Formations, principally in Europe. Revta Mus. La Plata, XXIX, 35-167. p. 71 |
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