Allosaurus Gallery

Allosaurus Gallery

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About Allosaurus

Scientific Name (Genus) Allosaurus
Meaning of Name Different lizard
allos (different) [Greek] - sauros (lizard) [Greek]
Classification Saurischia, Theropoda, Allosauridae
Total Length Approx. 9-12m
Diet Carnivorous
Period Late Jurassic (approx. 155-145 million years ago)
Species Name Allosaurus fragilis
Allosaurus europaeus
Allosaurus jimmadseni
Allosaurus tendagurensis
Year of Paper Publication 1877
Genus Name Publication Marsh, Othniel Charles (1877). Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts, 14, 514-516.
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