Duriavenator
| Duriavenator Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 170Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Megalosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Megalosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Duriavenator Benson, 2008 |
| Species: | † D. hesperis |
| Binomial name | |
| Duriavenator hesperis (Waldman, 1974 [originally Megalosaurus]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megalosaurus hesperis Waldman, 1974 | |
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Duriavenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur described in 2008 by Roger Benson; its finds were excavated in England. The type species is D. hesperis, formerly known as Megalosaurus hesperis.[1] Duriavenator lived during the Bajocian stage, around 170 million years ago, making it one of the oldest-known tetanurans. The genus name combines the Latin name of Dorset, Duria, with Latin for "hunter", venator. [2] This genus has also gone under the unofficial name "Walkersaurus", which is a nomen nudum.
References
- ↑ Waldman, M. (1974). "Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset" (PDF). Palaeontology 17 (2): 325–339.
- ↑ Benson, R.B.J. (2008). "A redescription of "Megalosaurus" hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom". Zootaxa 1931: 57-67.