Back Megalancosaure Catalan Megalancosaurus Spanish مگالانکوسور Persian Megalancosaurus French Megalancosaurus Italian メガランコサウルス Japanese 메갈란코사우루스 Korean Megalancosaurus Dutch Megalankozaur Polish Megalancosaurus Ukrainian
| Megalancosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Drepanosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Drepanosauridae |
| Clade: | †Megalancosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Megalancosaurus Calzavara, Muscio & Wild 1981 |
| Species | |
Megalancosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile from the Late Triassic Dolomia di Forni Formation and Zorzino Limestone of northern Italy, and one of the best known drepanosaurids. The type species is M. preonensis; a translation of the animal's scientific name would be "long armed reptile from the Preone Valley."[2]
- ^ Silvio Renesto; Justin A. Spielmann; Spencer G. Lucas & Giorgio Tarditi Spagnoli (2010). "The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 46: 1–81.
- ^ Calzavara M., Muscio G. & Wild R. (1980). "Megalancosaurus preonensis, n. g., n. sp., a new reptile from the Norian of Friuli". Gortania. 2: 49–63.