Fossil specimen : OUM J.12143/09a, b – 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 (2009) Megalosaurus nethercombensis von Huene, 1923 – See Waldman (1974): Holotype Megalosaurus nethercombensis von Huene, 1926 – See Huene (1926): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.12143/09a, b |
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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 | Posterior half of dorsal centrum (J.12143/9b) & mould (J.12143/9a) showing impression of rim of anterior 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. 2009. An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Stonesfield and New Park Quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for M. bucklandii and I. incognitus. Palaeontology, 52 (4), 857-877. p. 872 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 WALDMAN, M. 1974. Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology, 17 (2), 325-339. pp. 333 - 336; (J.12143/9b) pl. 44, figs 8, 9 |
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