PaleoDB taxon number: 65374
Alternative combination: Megalosaurus cuvieri
Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
Belongs to Tetanurae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Allosaurus medius, Allosaurus tendagurensis, Altispinax, Avetheropoda, Becklespinax, Caudocoelus, Chienkosaurus, Chilesaurus, Chuandongocoelurus, Creosaurus potens, Cruxicheiros, Cryolophosaurus, Dandakosaurus, Eustreptospondylidae, Gasosaurus, Inosaurus, Kaijiangosaurus, Kayentavenator, Megalosaurus ingens, Megalosaurus pannoniensis, Neotetanurae, Orionides, Phaedrolosaurus, Prodeinodon, Sinocoelurus, Spinosauroidea, Teinurosaurus, Torvosauroidea
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chapel House, Chipping Norton (OUM), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the United Kingdom
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore