Definition of Megalosauridae

1. Noun. Megalosaurs.

Exact synonyms: Family Megalosauridae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Suborder Theropoda, Theropoda
Member holonyms: Genus Megalosaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalosauridae

Megachile
Megachiles
Megachilidae
Megachiroptera
Megaderma
Megaderma lyra
Megadermatidae
Megaera
Megalesian
Megalobatrachus
Megalobatrachus maximus
Megalonychidae
Megalopoli
Megalopolis
Megaloptera
Megalosauridae
Megan
Meganesia
Megapodiidae
Megapodius
Megaptera
Megaptera novaeangliae
Megara
Megarian
Megarians
Megaric
Megarics
Megatheriidae
Megaw
Meggan

Literary usage of Megalosauridae

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

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"Megalosaurus is reported from Europe from the Lias to the Wealden. In America we have three or four genera of the megalosauridae in the ..."

2. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1877)
"... and megalosauridae in the order Dinosauria. The order Lacertilia among Reptiles, being equivalent to the order Carnivora or Feras among Mammals, ..."

3. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1870)
"... as a distinct group by Hermann von Meyer in 1830. He proposed to divide the group into three families, viz., 1. The megalosauridae, with the genera ..."

4. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1870)
"... as a distinct group by Hermann von Meyer in 1830. He proposed to divide the group into three families, viz., 1. The megalosauridae, with the genera ..."

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