Megapnosaurus
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| Megapnosaurus Temporal range: Lower Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Infraorder: | Ceratosauria |
| Superfamily: | Coelophysoidea |
| Family: | Coelophysidae |
| Genus: | Megapnosaurus Ivie, Slipinski and Wegrzynowicz, 2001 |
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M. rhodesiensis (type) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Syntarsus Raath, 1969 |
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Megapnosaurus was a small dinosaur from the early Jurassic. It was a relative of Coelophysis but it had two crests on top of its head. It is shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America attacking an Anchisaurus and getting scared off by a Dilophosaurus. It was called Syntarsus at that time.
