Alternative combination: Allosaurus jimmadsoni
Full reference: D. J. Chure, R. Litwin, S. T. Hasiotis, E. Evanoff, and K. Carpenter. 2006. The fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2006. Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:233-249
Belongs to Allosaurus according to J. R. Foster et al. 2020
See also Carrano et al. 2012, Chure et al. 2006, Chure and Loewen 2020, Cobos et al. 2014, Dalman 2014, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010 and Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010
Sister taxa: Allosaurus amplus, Allosaurus europaeus, Allosaurus fragilis, Allosaurus lucasi, Labrosaurus sulcatus
Type specimen: DINO 11541, a skeleton. Its type locality is DNM 116, N.A.A. Quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian coarse channel fill conglomerate/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (7: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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