Megalosaurus
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| Megalosaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| (unranked): | Tetanurae |
| Family: | Megalosauridae |
| Genus: | Megalosaurus Buckland, 1824 |
Megalosaurus was a large meat-eating theropod dinosaur of the Middle Jurassic Period of Europe. It was found in 1824, and was the earliest dinosaur named.
