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Megalosauroidea (jun 6, 170000000 BC – feb 6, 85000000 BC)

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Megalosauroidea (meaning 'great/big lizard forms') is a superfamily (or clade) of tetanuran theropod dinosaurs that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period. The group is defined as Megalosaurus bucklandii and all taxa sharing a more recent common ancestor with it than with Allosaurus fragilis or Passer domesticus.[1] Members of the group include Spinosaurus, Megalosaurus, and Torvosaurus.

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jun 6, 170000000 BC
feb 6, 85000000 BC
~ 5883516 years