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Indeterminate
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B1, MNHN.F.RJN471, NMH1 are referred to an indeterminate
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.
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Although it is incomplete, the premaxilla B1 shows important similarities with the megalosaurid
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED73C6EF0FCD49DE5" box="[639,768,662,687]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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. It is indeed higher than long below the external naris and possess as described by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED4DF6EB3FDFF9DBA" author="BRITT B. B." box="[412,555,725,752]" firstAuthor="Britt" journalOrPublisher="Brigham Young University Geology Studies" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="1 - 72" part="37" refId="ref20699" refString="BRITT B. B. 1991. - Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 37: 1 - 72." title="Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri" type="journal article" year="1991">Britt (1991)</bibRefCitation>
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a snout that slops rearward. Moreover, according to
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Carrano
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED7C36E90FD6E9C45" box="[640,698,757,783]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">et al.</emphasis>
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2012
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, an acute snout (inferior to 70°) with an anterior rather than ventral development of the premaxilla relative to the external nares is synapomorphic of
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. Thus, the assignment of B1 to this clade seems appropriate. Noteworthy that it differs from
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED7506FF0FD409CE5" box="[531,660,918,943]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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by having four premaxillary teeth instead of three (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED70D6FD3FD119C85" author="BRITT B. B." box="[590,709,949,975]" firstAuthor="Britt" journalOrPublisher="Brigham Young University Geology Studies" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="1 - 72" part="37" refId="ref20699" refString="BRITT B. B. 1991. - Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 37: 1 - 72." title="Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri" type="journal article" year="1991">Britt 1991</bibRefCitation>
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). The presence of a close relative of
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED4AB6FB3FDB99CA4" box="[488,621,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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is supported by the German Callovian megalosaurid
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED71C6F92FF179B64" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Wiehenvenator albati</emphasis>
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which appears to be the sister-taxon of
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED4C76853FDD39B04" box="[388,519,1077,1102]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED7596852FD219B04" author="RAUHUT O. W. M. & HUBNER T. & LANSER K. - P." box="[538,757,1076,1102]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Rauhut" journalOrPublisher="Palaeontologia Electronica" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="1 - 65" part="19" refId="ref23365" refString="RAUHUT O. W. M., HUBNER T. & LANSER K. - P. 2016. - A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: implications for theropod evolution and faunal turnover in the Jurassic. Palaeontologia Electronica 19 (2): 1 - 65. https: // doi. org / 10.26879 / 654" title="A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: implications for theropod evolution and faunal turnover in the Jurassic" type="journal article" year="2016">
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Rauhut
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED73A6853FD669B04" box="[633,690,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">et al.</emphasis>
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2016
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B56E1FFEB960ED5C76833FED19B24" box="[132,261,1109,1134]" class="Reptilia" family="Megalosauridae" genus="Torvosaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Saurischia" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED5C76833FED19B24" box="[132,261,1109,1134]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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is one of the largest Jurassic theropod known. During the Late Jurassic, it is present in North America with
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED58368F3FE439BE4" box="[192,407,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus tanneri</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED4E968F2FDF69BE4" author="BRITT B. B." box="[426,546,1172,1198]" firstAuthor="Britt" journalOrPublisher="Brigham Young University Geology Studies" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="1 - 72" part="37" refId="ref20699" refString="BRITT B. B. 1991. - Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 37: 1 - 72." title="Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri" type="journal article" year="1991">Britt 1991</bibRefCitation>
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)
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but also in Europe (
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<collectingCountry id="F34C6DF2FFEB960ED5CE68D2FF3B9B85" box="[141,239,1204,1231]" name="Portugal" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Portugal</collectingCountry>
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) with
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B56E1FFEB960ED47768D3FD359B84" authority="Hendrickx & Mateus, 2014" authorityName="Hendrickx & Mateus" authorityYear="2014" box="[308,737,1204,1230]" class="Reptilia" family="Megalosauridae" genus="Torvosaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Saurischia" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gurneyi">
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED47768D3FE749B84" box="[308,416,1205,1230]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">T. gurneyi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED4E468D2FD359B84" author="HENDRICKX C. & MATEUS O." box="[423,737,1204,1230]" firstAuthor="Hendrickx" journalOrPublisher="Plos One" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="e 88905" part="9" refId="ref22313" refString="HENDRICKX C. & MATEUS O. 2014. - Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods. Plos One 9 (3): e 88905. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0088905" title="Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods" type="journal article" year="2014">Hendrickx & Mateus, 2014</bibRefCitation>
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. As a result, the palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological context supports the hypothesis of a torvosaurid relative in the Vaches Noires.
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On the distal end of the two femora MNHN.F.RJN471 and NMH1, the absence of a large depression on the anterior surface of the medial condyle is a characteristic of megalosauroids (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED42869F2FDD19AE7" author="BENSON R. B. J." box="[363,517,1427,1454]" firstAuthor="Benson" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="882 - 935" part="158" refId="ref20299" refString="BENSON R. B. J. 2010. - A description of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bathonian of the UK and the relationships of Middle Jurassic theropods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (4): 882 - 935. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2009.00569. x" title="A description of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bathonian of the UK and the relationships of Middle Jurassic theropods" type="journal article" year="2010">Benson 2010</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED7C369F2FD6E9AE7" box="[640,698,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">et al.</emphasis>
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2012
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED5C769D5FE159A87" author="HENDRICKX C. & MATEUS O." box="[132,449,1459,1485]" firstAuthor="Hendrickx" journalOrPublisher="Plos One" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="e 88905" part="9" refId="ref22313" refString="HENDRICKX C. & MATEUS O. 2014. - Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods. Plos One 9 (3): e 88905. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0088905" title="Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods" type="journal article" year="2014">Hendrickx & Mateus 2014</bibRefCitation>
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). Moreover, the remarkable mesiodistal crest in MNHN.F.RJN471 running from the medial condyle to the midline of the distal shaft is similar (although more pronounced here) to
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B56E1FFEB960ED77B6A75FD6C9966" box="[568,696,1555,1580]" class="Reptilia" family="Megalosauridae" genus="Torvosaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Saurischia" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED77B6A75FD6C9966" box="[568,696,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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. Thus, it seems appropriate to assign this femur to a
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B56E1FFEB960ED7CA6A54FF6F9926" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" class="Reptilia" family="Megalosauridae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Saurischia" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Megalosauridae</taxonomicName>
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close to
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B56E1FFEB960ED4646A35FE729926" box="[295,422,1619,1644]" class="Reptilia" family="Megalosauridae" genus="Torvosaurus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Saurischia" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED4646A35FE729926" box="[295,422,1619,1644]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Torvosaurus</emphasis>
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. This femur is a massive bone, indicating a very large theropod. It is probably the largest theropod femur hitherto found in
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<collectingCountry id="F34C6DF2FFEB960ED7586AF5FDBE99E7" box="[539,618,1683,1709]" name="France" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">France</collectingCountry>
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, as compared with other femoral remains (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED44B6AB4FE5899A6" author="ALLAIN R." box="[264,396,1746,1772]" firstAuthor="Allain" journalOrPublisher="Geodiversitas" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="349 - 367" part="23" refId="ref19724" refString="ALLAIN R. 2001. - Redescription de Streptospondylus altdorfensis, le dinosaure theropode de Cuvier, du Jurassique de Normandie. Geodiversitas 23 (3): 349 - 367." title="Redescription de Streptospondylus altdorfensis, le dinosaure theropode de Cuvier, du Jurassique de Normandie" type="journal article" year="2001">Allain 2001</bibRefCitation>
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). It is clearly different from the anterior surface of the femur of
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<emphasis id="B92FF170FFEB960ED76F6A94FD329846" box="[556,742,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="408">Streptospondylus,</emphasis>
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in which a such developed mesiodistal crest is absent, and thus belongs to another taxon. The NMH1 femur described by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCA5093FFEB960ED5C06B37FE989826" author="BUFFETAUT E." box="[131,332,1873,1900]" firstAuthor="Buffetaut" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin d'Information des Geologues du Bassin de Paris" pageId="25" pageNumber="408" pagination="9 - 12" part="31" refId="ref20907" refString="BUFFETAUT E. 1994 b. - Restes de dinosaures du Callovien des Vaches Noires (Calvados) appartenant a la collection Nicolet (Houlgate). Bulletin d'Information des Geologues du Bassin de Paris 31 (2): 9 - 12." title="Restes de dinosaures du Callovien des Vaches Noires (Calvados) appartenant a la collection Nicolet (Houlgate)" type="journal article" year="1994" yearSuffix="b">Buffetaut (1994b)</bibRefCitation>
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presents a similar thick mesiodistal crest (although it is weaker) and based on this shared feature both specimens are interpreted as belonging to the same taxon. However, MNHN.F.RJN471 is larger so that they indicate two different individuals.
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