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Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Allosaurus means "different lizard," named for its unusual vertebrae, lighter than those of other dinosaurs Pronounced - AL-oh-SAWR-us Named By - Othniel Marsh When Named - 1877 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater)- it ate plant-eating dinosaurs, like stegosaurs and iguanodonts. |
| SIZE: | Length - about 40 ft (12 m) long Height - 10 ft (3 m) tall at the hips Weight - up to 4.5 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Jurassic period, about 150-140 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, North America, in Portugal, Europe, and perhaps Tanzania, Africa and Australia. |
| FOSSILS: | Over 60 Allosaurus fossils have been found. The first virtually complete Allosaurus skeleton was discovered by rancher M. P. Felch in 1883, in Colorado, USA |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Allosaurus was a top predator with a huge head, sharp, serrated teeth, short arms, and three-fingered hands. |
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