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Allosaurus
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You can see this dinosaur in the Museum.
Information
The teeth of Allosaurus were 5-10cm long and curved backwards to prevent prey from escaping.
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- Pronounced
- AL-oh-saw-russ
- Meaning of name
- other lizard
- Length
- 12m
- Height
- 5m
- Weight
- 2000kg
- Teeth
- dagger-like with serrated edges
- Diet
- carnivorous
- Food
- Stegosaurus, Diplodocus and others
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Late Jurassic
(153 - 135 million years ago) - Found in
- Tanzania, USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Allosauridae, Allosaurus
- Named by
- Marsh (1877)
- Type species
- fragilis
