Megalosauroidea
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Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megalosauroidea canonical | 6 |
| Megalosauridae | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7577276 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megalosauroidea Context triple: [Tetanurae, includesTaxon, Megalosauroidea]
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A.
Allosauridae
Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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B.
Ceratosauria
Ceratosauria is a group of mostly medium-sized, often horned or crested predatory dinosaurs that represents one of the major early-diverging lineages of theropods.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Neotheropoda
Neotheropoda is a major clade of more derived theropod dinosaurs that includes most familiar carnivorous forms such as coelophysoids and the lineage leading to birds.
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E.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megalosauroidea Target entity description: Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
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A.
Allosauridae
Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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B.
Ceratosauria
Ceratosauria is a group of mostly medium-sized, often horned or crested predatory dinosaurs that represents one of the major early-diverging lineages of theropods.
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C.
Herrerasauria
Herrerasauria is a group of early, primitive predatory dinosaurs from the Late Triassic that are among the oldest known representatives of the theropod lineage.
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D.
Neotheropoda
Neotheropoda is a major clade of more derived theropod dinosaurs that includes most familiar carnivorous forms such as coelophysoids and the lineage leading to birds.
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E.
Carnosauria
Carnosauria is a clade of large, typically bipedal predatory dinosaurs that includes formidable Jurassic and Cretaceous hunters such as Allosaurus and Giganotosaurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur clade
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | large-bodied ⓘ |
| containsClade |
Spinosauroidea
ⓘ
linked to:
Spinosauridae
|
| definedBy | phylogenetic analysis of basal tetanurans ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
large skulls
ⓘ
well-developed forelimbs ⓘ ziphodont teeth ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Bajocian ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
marine-influenced deposits for many spinosaurids
ⓘ
terrestrial deposits on multiple continents ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| includesEcologicalRole | apex predator ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Afrovenator
ⓘ
Baryonyx ⓘ Cristatusaurus ⓘ Eustreptospondylus ⓘ Ichthyovenator ⓘ Irritator ⓘ Megalosauridae ⓘ
linked to:
Megalosauroidea
Megalosaurus ⓘ Megalosaurus bucklandii ⓘ
linked to:
Megalosaurus
Oxalaia ⓘ Piatnitzkysauridae ⓘ Piatnitzkysaurus ⓘ Spinosauridae ⓘ Spinosaurus ⓘ Suchomimus ⓘ Suchosaurus ⓘ Torvosaurus ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Cenomanian ⓘ |
| lifestyle | predatory ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Baryonyx walkeri
ⓘ
linked to:
Baryonyx
Megalosaurus bucklandii ⓘ
linked to:
Megalosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus ⓘ
linked to:
Spinosaurus
Torvosaurus tanneri ⓘ
linked to:
Torvosaurus
|
| subclassOf |
Averostra
ⓘ
Neotheropoda ⓘ Tetanurae ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | Late Cretaceous ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | Middle Jurassic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Megalosauroidea Description of subject: Megalosauroidea is a clade of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs that includes some of the earliest major predatory lineages, such as Megalosaurus and Spinosaurus and their close relatives.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Megalosauroidea
linked to: Megalosauroidea
linked to: Megalosauroidea