Duriavenator, Benson, Roger B. J., 2008

Benson, Roger B. J., 2008, A redescription of ' Megalosaurus ' hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom, Zootaxa 1931, pp. 57-67 : 58

Duriavenator gen. nov.

Etymology. From the Latin for Dorset hunter (Duria = Dorset; venator = hunter).

Type and only species. Duriavenator hesperis ( Waldman, 1974) .

Remarks. Waldman (1974) erected M. hesperis as a new species of Megalosaurus . Recent authors have used ' Megalosaurus ' (in inverted commas) hesperis to acknowledge uncertainty in the generic assignment of the taxon ( Holtz et al. 2004; Weishampel et al. 2004; Naish & Martill 2007). 'M.' hesperis and the type species of Megalosaurus ( M. bucklandii ) do not uniquely share any character or combination of characters that support this referral and do show several differences outlined in the diagnosis, description and discussion (below), therefore the new genus Duriavenator is erected here to form the new combination Duriavenator hesperis .