Genus: Magnosaurus HUENE, 1932
Etymology: Latin, magnus, "large or great" and Greek, sauros, "lizard": “Large lizard”.

Species: nethercombensis (HUENE, 1926) HUENE, 1932
Etymology: For the region of Nethercombe, Dorset County, England, where the fossil was found.
= Megalosaurus nethercombensis HUENE, 1926

Holotype: OUM J. 12143

Locality: Nethercombe, 1 mile north of Sherborne, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Middle Inferior Oolite.

Biostratigraphy: Stephanoceras humpriesianum zone.

Age: Bajocian Stage, Lower Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary paired dentaries with teeth (/1), one dorsal vertebrae (/9b), both tibia , fragment of a fibula (/2), and fragment of right pubis (/3), paired femora (/6/7), and caudal vertebra (/8).

Referred material:

OWEN, 1857

Locality: Selsby Hill, Gloucestershire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Inferior Oolite.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Bajocian Stage, Lower Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Tooth.
Note: Originally referred to Megalosaurus bucklandi.

 

STEEL, 1970

Locality: Daston, Northamptonshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Inferior Oolite.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Bajocian Stage, Lower Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Tooth.

 


Locality: Stanton, Wiltshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Tooth.

 


Locality: Enslow Bridge, Oxfordshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Forest Marble.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Bathonian Stage, Lower Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Femur.