Duriavenator Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Megalosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Megalosaurinae |
Genus: | †Duriavenator Benson, 2008 |
Species: | †D. hesperis
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Duriavenator hesperis (Waldman, 1974 [originally Megalosaurus])
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Synonyms | |
Megalosaurus hesperis Waldman, 1974 |
Duriavenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur described in 2008. It was excavated in Dorset. The type species is D. hesperis, formerly known as Megalosaurus hesperis.[1]
Duriavenator lived about 170 million years ago. It is 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".