Duriavenator
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Duriavenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now England during the Middle Jurassic, about 168 million years ago. In 1882, upper and lower jaw bones of a dinosaur were collected
Lectotype lower jaw of M. bucklandii and various specimens historically assigned to that species, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Sixth right maxillary tooth of Duriavenator (A 1–3) compared to teeth of other European megalosaurines
Reconstructed skeleton of the related Megalosaurus, World Museum Liverpool
Reconstructed skeleton of Torvosaurus, a more completely known megalosaurid, Museum of Ancient Life
Inferior Oolite
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The Inferior Oolite is a sequence of Jurassic age sedimentary rocks in Europe. It was deposited during the Middle Jurassic. The Inferior Oolite Group as more recently defined is a Jurassic lithostrati
Duriavenator
…Megalosauridae. The long teeth at the front of the lower jaw may have been used for plucking and grasping during feeding. Duriavenator is known from the Upper Inferior Oolite Formation which is Bajocian in age, a stage in the Middle Jurassic. In 1882, the British scientist and businessman Edward Cleminshaw obtained skull bones and…
Inferior Oolite at Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire.
Inferior Oolite (Doulting Stone) at Doulting Stone Quarry, England
Clypeus ploti, the fossil echinoid that lends its name to the Clypeus Grit of the Inferior Oolite
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