|
|
|
Megalosaurus
Click here for more Megalosaurus Pictures
Megalosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived in
Europe
(including
France
Portugal,
and southern England),
during the
middle Jurassic period,
between about 181 to 169 million years ago.
Part of Megalosaurus bone was discovered in a quarry in
England in
1676. Although it was correctly identified as the femur from a large animal,
but it was wrongly thought to be the thigh bone of a giant human! Further
discoveries were made in the 19th century, starting from 1815
and acquired by William Buckland.
In 1818, French anatomist, Georges Cuvier, visited, and realized the bones were from
a giant lizard-like creature, and thus in 1824,
Buckland
reported and named the animal in a report entitled
"Notice on the Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield".
Megalosaurus was in fact the first dinosaur named - in fact it had its name,
even before the word dinosaur existed - the term "dinosauria" was only coined by
Sir Richard Owen in 1842.
Early reconstructions of Megalosaurus (such as the one found at
Dinosaur Court)
tend depict the animal as a heavily-built quadruped (to add to the confusion, some early literature refers to
all dinosaurs found in Europe
as Megalosaurus). We now know however that Megalosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with relatively short
fore limbs.
In addition to fossils of Megalosaurus bones,
scientists have also discovered fossils of trackways (footprints) made by the animal. A replica
of one such trackway can be found on the lawn outside the
Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Megalosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 181 to 169 million years ago
Related Information & Resources
See Also
Megalosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Megalosaurus:
- Megalosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Megalosaurus" means "big lizard". It was the first dinosaur named, its name being chosen by William Buckland in 1824.
- Megalosaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Megalosaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Megalosaurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Megalosaurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
- Megalosaurus lived between about 181 million years ago and 169 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.
- Megalosaurus lived in Europe (including England, France, and Portugal).
- Megalosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
- Megalosaurus was about 30 feet (9 meters) long.
- Megalosaurus weighed about 1 ton.
Megalosaurus Pictures and Posters
by AllPosters
Here are some Megalosaurus pictures and posters:
(Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by AllPosters. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website).
Megalosaurus Toys
Here are some toys/games from Amazon.com:
Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by Amazon.com. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website.
Imagiplay
Toy
 | List Price: $18.00*
Lowest New Price: $14.99*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
This 6 piece hand-crafted, hand-painted Megalosaurus puzzle stands up to brighten any room. As beautiful to look at as it is fun to put together! Great intermediate puzzle. Because the pieces are double-sided, this puzzle is equivalent to a 12pc puzzle, since you don't know which side is up. Hand-crafted & hand painted with child-safe paints. Made from plantation-grown rubberwood, an environmentally-friendly hardwood. Great room décor when not challenging young minds. Puzzle measures 10.5 x 4.75 x 1 inch |
|
ImagiPlay
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $8.99*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
6 Piece Megalosaurus Rubber wood Wooden Puzzle |
|
Toy
 | | Product Description:
Colorful free-standing wooden jigsaw puzzles. This 6 pc 1" thick hand-crafted, hand-painted Megalosaurus Dinosaur Chunky Wooden Puzzle is beautiful to look at as it is fun to put together! The Megalosaurus puzzle is Hand-crafted & hand painted with child-safe paints. Made from plantation-grown rubberwood, an environmentally-friendly hardwood. Great Start Puzzles. |
|
ImagiPLAY
Toy
 | | Product Description:
This 6pc hand-crafted hand-painted Megalosaurus puzzle stands up to brighten any room. As beautiful to look at as it is fun to put together! Great intermediate puzzle. Because the pieces are double-sided this puzzle is equivalent to a 12pc puzzle since you don't know which side is up. Hand-crafted & hand painted with child-safe paints. Made from plantation-grown rubberwood an environmentally-friendly hardwood. Ages 3+ Puzzle measures 10.5" x 4.75" x 1" For over a decade ImagiPLAY has created high-quality educational toys that inspire children's imaginations and the desire to explore. With the abundance of toys available for children today ImagiPLAY sets itself apart from the rest through its motto: "Toys with Integrity." By producing quality products that connect with nature have eco-friendly sources and hold educational value ImagiPLAY works to benefit the earth we share and the people that inhabit it. Founder and President Barbera Aimes offers children toys that represent her true passion: our planet. After studying languages and music in Japan and across the US this nurturing earth mother explored ways in which she could communicate her desire to make the world a gentler move loving place. In her mid thirties she found that the natural beauty of Boulder Colorado was the ideal place to call home establish her business and create a positive change amongst the people around her. "All my life I've wanted to leave this earth with some kind of beneficial legacy " Barbera explains "If there is one thing I can leave on this earth it would be to help children appreciate our world." Through the language of play Barbera and ImagiPLAY have inspired children across the globe to discover the world on their own terms and communicate with the environment. With ImagiPLAY's child safe and earth safe toys games and collectibles children en |
|
Mindz
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $4.99*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | - This handy pack is perfect for instant learning wherever you go
- 30 Colorfully illustrated falsh cards
Product Description:
These cards explore the roaring giants that inhibited our earth thousands of years ago. Educational, fun and a wonderful reference tool, this set includes Megalosaurus, Syntarsus, Lesothosaurus and many more. |
|
Megalosaurus Books
Here are some books from Amazon.com:
Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by Amazon.com. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website.
By Graham Coleman
Gareth Stevens Pub
Library Binding (24 pages; 1)
 | List Price: $19.93*
Lowest New Price: $3.18*
Lowest Used Price: $0.01*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here |
|
By Janet Riehecky
Capstone Press
Hardcover (24 pages; 1)
 | List Price: $22.65*
Lowest New Price: $14.51*
Lowest Used Price: $14.47*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | - ISBN13: 9781429600392
- Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Product Description:
Megalosaurus is a Capstone Press publication.
|
|
By Susan Heinrichs Gray
Child's World
Hardcover (32 pages; 1)
 | List Price: $27.07*
Lowest New Price: $9.98*
Lowest Used Price: $7.75*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
How do scientists tell the bones of one dinosaur from those of another? How are they sure that all the bones are put together correctly? These are just a few of the questions that the history of Megalosaurus brings to light for young dinosaur fans. |
|
Books LLC
Paperback (52 pages)
 | List Price: $14.14*
Lowest New Price: $14.14*
Lowest Used Price: $15.24*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Megalosaurus, Afrovenator, Magnosaurus, Megalosauridae, Torvosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, Spinosauroidea, Poekilopleuron, Edmarka, Dubreuillosaurus, Streptospondylus, Duriavenator, Brontoraptor. Excerpt: A. abakensis Sereno et al. , 1994 (type ) end{sloppypar Afrovenator (pronounced /æfrovnetr/ "African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the mid Jurassic Period of northern Africa . It was a bipedal predator , with a mouthful of sharp teeth and three claws on each hand. Judging from the one skeleton known, this dinosaur was approximately 30 feet (9 meters) long from snout to tail tip.The generic name comes from the Latin prefix afro- ("from Africa") venator ("hunter"). There is one named species , A. abakensis . The name refers to its predatory nature, and its location in Africa, specifically from In Abaka, the Tuareg name for the region of Niger where the fossils were found. The original description of both genus and species is found in a 1994 paper which appeared in the prestigious journal Science . The primary author was well-known American paleontologist Paul Sereno , with Jeffrey Wilson , Hans Larsson, Didier Dutheil, and Hans-Dieter Sues as coauthors.Discovery Afrovenator abakensis' restoration Mounted cast of an Afrovenator abakensis skeleton at the Australian Museum , Sydney .The remains of Afrovenator were discovered in the Tiourarén Formation of the department of Agadez in Niger. The Tiourarén was originally thought to represent the Hauterivian to Barremian stages of the early Cretaceous Period, or approximately 136 to 125 million years ago (Sereno et al. 1994). However, re-interpretation of the sediments showed that they are probably mid-Jurassic in age, dating Afrovenator to the Bathonian to Oxfordian stages, between 164 and 161 mya. The saurop... |
|
By Graham Coleman
Weekly Reader Books
Hardcover
 | Lowest Used Price: $25.00*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Crestaceous Period: Baryonyx, Chasmosaurus, Gallimimus, Maiasaura, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, Psittacosaurusm - Jurassic: Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Megalosaurus, Pterodactylus, Steogosaurus, Vulcanodon - Triassic: Coelophysis |
|
Betascript Publishing
Paperback (80 pages)
 | List Price: $46.00*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS (12 March 1784 ? 14 August 1856) was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. His work proving that Kirkdale Cave had been a prehistoric hyaena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal, was widely praised as an example of how detailed scientific analysis could be used to understand geohistory by reconstructing events from deep time. |
|
By Laura Alden
Childs World
Library Binding (32 pages; 1)
| List Price: $21.36*
Lowest New Price: $5.00*
Lowest Used Price: $0.01*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Describes the physical characteristics, natural environment, and habits of Megalosaurus, a huge, two-legged, meat-eating dinosaur. |
|
By Laura Alden
Childs World
Library Binding (32 pages)
| List Price: $21.36*
Lowest New Price: $63.27*
Lowest Used Price: $9.49*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here |
|
By Laura Alden
The Childs World
Hardcover
| Lowest Used Price: $11.90*
*(As of 03:48 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info)
Click Here |
|
By LauraAlden
Childs World.,1990
Hardcover
| |
|
Linking to This Page
Although this site is run on a commercial basis,
we do hope it will be useful and interesting for students and teachers.
We welcome people linking to this website, or citing us in their school and educational projects
(remember in school projects and papers, you should always cite your sources).
|
|
|
