Duriavenator

Filozoa

Duriavenator Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 170 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	†Megalosauridae
Subfamily:	†Megalosaurinae
Genus:	†Duriavenator Benson, 2008
Species:	†D. hesperis
Binomial name
Duriavenator hesperis (Waldman, 1974 [originally Megalosaurus])
Synonyms
Megalosaurus hesperis Waldman, 1974

Duriavenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur described in 2008 by Roger Benson. 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

1. ^ Waldman, M. (1974). Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology 17(2):325-339.
2. ^ 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.