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Description

English: Megalosaurus ('Great Lizard', from Greek, μεγαλο-/megalo- meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαυρος/sauros meaning 'lizard') is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period of what is now southern England. Proportions are consistent with the skeletal reconstruction in fig. 9 here:[1]

Русский: Реконструкция мегалозавра (Megalosaurus), наличие оперения спекулятивно.

Date

9 October 2006

Source

Original, now superseded file based on the images found here: [2][3][4]and[5] which is now known to be Neovenator: File:Neovenator salerii-Dinosaurisle.jpg. Heavily revised current version based on skeletal diagrams by Scott Hartman in:

(2015). "An overview of non-avian theropod discoveries and classification". PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 12 (1): 1–73.

The feathering shown here is speculative, skin remains are not currently known for Megalosaurus.

Author

LadyofHats Mariana Ruiz Altered by FunkMonk and Steveoc 86

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:31, 30 December 2017	1,440 × 760 (837 KB)	Steveoc 86	Update rendering
	11:10, 8 January 2014	1,440 × 760 (1.05 MB)	Steveoc 86	Updates, changed proportions and posture.
	01:41, 27 December 2013	1,200 × 741 (691 KB)	FunkMonk	Fixes.
	10:23, 9 October 2006	1,200 × 760 (683 KB)	LadyofHats	{{Information \|Description=Megalosaurus ('Great Lizard', from Greek, μεγαλο-/megalo- meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαυρος/sauros meaning 'lizard') is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period of what is now