Allosaurus

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Allosaurus was a large, carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the Late Jurassic period, known as one of the top predators of its ecosystem in what is now North America.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allosauroid ⓘ
genus ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
approximateLength 8.5 meters ⓘ
approximateMass 1500 kilograms ⓘ
bodyPlan large-headed theropod with long tail ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
coexistedWith Apatosaurus ⓘ
Camarasaurus ⓘ
Diplodocus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
countryFossilsFound Portugal ⓘ
United States ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
distinctiveFeature relatively short, deep skull ⓘ
short horns in front of the eyes ⓘ
three-fingered hands with large claws ⓘ
family Allosauridae ⓘ
fossilSite Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry ⓘ
Colorado, United States ⓘ
linked to: Colorado

Como Bluff ⓘ
Dry Mesa Quarry ⓘ
Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ
Morrison Formation ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Utah

Wyoming, United States ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming
geologicalAge Kimmeridgian ⓘ
linked to: Kimmeridgian stage

Tithonian ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livedIn North America ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
maximumEstimatedLength 10 meters ⓘ
meaningOfName different lizard ⓘ
namedBy Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
popularCulture featured in many dinosaur documentaries ⓘ
frequently displayed in natural history museums ⓘ
preyedOn large sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
stegosaurian dinosaurs ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
theropodClade Carnosauria ⓘ
timePeriod Late Jurassic ⓘ
trophicLevel apex predator ⓘ
typeSpecies Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
yearDescribed 1877 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saurophaganax maximus → closelyRelatedTo → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Saurophaganax maximus → relatedTo → Allosaurus europaeus ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Saurophaganax maximus → relatedTo → Allosaurus jimmadseni ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Late Jurassic → notableTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Theropoda → includes → Allosaurus ⓘ
Dinosauria → hasMember → Allosaurus ⓘ
Tetanurae → hasNotableMember → Allosaurus ⓘ
Avetheropoda → includesTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Time of the Titans → depicts → Allosaurus ⓘ
Othnielosaurus → livedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry → notableTaxon → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Como Bluff → yieldedTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Diplodocus → livedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Camarasaurus → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Allosaurus → typeSpecies → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauridae → typeGenus → Allosaurus ⓘ
Allosauridae → includesTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Allosauridae → includesTaxon → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauridae → includesTaxon → Allosaurus europaeus ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauridae → includesTaxon → Allosaurus jimmadseni ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauridae → notableMember → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauridae → namedAfter → Allosaurus ⓘ
Stegosaurus → contemporaneousWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Dryosaurus → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Ceratosaurus → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Carnosauria → includesTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Carnosauria → notableMember → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauroidea → includesTaxon → Allosaurus ⓘ
Allosauroidea → containsIconicMember → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Allosauroidea → notableMember → Allosaurus europaeus ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Ornitholestes → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
The Ballad of Big Al → depicts → Allosaurus ⓘ
The Ballad of Big Al → hasCharacter → adult Allosaurus Big Al ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry → dominantTaxon → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Dry Mesa Quarry → discoveredFossil → Allosaurus sp. ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Epanterias → likelySynonymOf → Allosaurus ⓘ
Epanterias → relatedTo → Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Lourinhã Formation → notableFossilTaxon → Allosaurus europaeus ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
Marshosaurus → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ
Stokesosaurus → coexistedWith → Allosaurus ⓘ