NAME | Meaning - Allosaurus means “different lizard,” named for its unusual vertebrae, lighter than those of other dinosaurs |
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DIET | Carnivore (meat-eater)- it ate plant-eating dinosaurs, like stegosaurs and iguanodonts. |
SIZE | Length - about 40 ft (12 m) long |
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. |
LINKS | A detailed page on Allosaurus. A coloring/information printout on Allosaurus. |