Definition of Genus Megalosaurus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Megalosauridae.

Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Megalosauridae, Megalosauridae
Member holonyms: Megalosaur, Megalosaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Megalosaurus

genus Mastotermes
genus Matricaria
genus Matteuccia
genus Matthiola
genus Maxillaria
genus Maxostoma
genus Mayaca
genus Mayetiola
genus Mazama
genus Meconopsis
genus Medicago
genus Medinilla
genus Megachile
genus Megaderma
genus Megalobatrachus
genus Megalosaurus (current term)
genus Megaptera
genus Megatherium
genus Melampodium
genus Melampsora
genus Melanerpes
genus Melanitta
genus Melanogrammus
genus Melanoplus
genus Melanotis
genus Melastoma
genus Meleagris
genus Meles
genus Melia
genus Melicocca

Literary usage of Genus Megalosaurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1881)
"... in the ' Memoirs of the Linnean Society of Normandy,' because there can be no doubt that this Saurian was a member of the genus Megalosaurus. ..."

2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... and do nd to the base of the posterior border, ype genus Megalosaurus has been rendered classic through urs of the late Professors Buckland and Phillips ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"Fox Collection. R. 899. Part of an apparently similar phalangeal ; from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Same history. Genus MEGALOSAURUS ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"... subsisting between the ancient and modern forms of reptile life ; while shortly after Buck- land established the genus Megalosaurus, and Mantell, ..."

5. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"genus Megalosaurus. The Megalosaurus, as its name implies (compounded by its discoverer, Dr. Buck- land, from the Greek ..."

6. Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations by Richard Owen (1853)
"The portions of skeleton originally discovered, and attributed by Dr. Buckland to his newly defined genus, Megalosaurus, consisted of a fragment of the ..."

7. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The type genus Megalosaurus has been rendered classic through the labours of the late Professors Buckland and Phillips, and affords an excellent and ..."

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