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Allosauridae (allosaurid)

Reptilia - Allosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Allosauridae Marsh
1879Allosauridae Marsh p. 89
1881Allosauridae Marsh
1933Allosauridae Huene p. 68
1934Antrodemidae Stromer
1934Allosauridae Stromer p. 80
1946Allosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948Allosauridae Huene p. 90
1950Antrodemidae Stovall and Langston, Jr. p. 699
1959Allosauridae Huene p. 121
1966Allosauridae Kuhn p. 96
1969Allosauridae Colbert and Russell p. 45
1977Allosauridae Galton p. 230
1983Allosauridae Barsbold p. 95
1984Allosauridae Russell p. 28
1984Allosauridae Thulborn p. 133
1986Allosauridae Bakker p. 460
1986Allosauridae Bonaparte
1988Allosauridae Carroll
1988Allosauridae Paul p. 302
1989Allosauridae Kurzanov p. 4
1990Allosauridae Bonaparte et al. p. 40
1990Allosauridae Molnar et al. p. 189
1992Allosauridae Dong p. 164
1992Allosauridae Molnar p. 265
1994Allosauridae Currie and Zhao p. 2038
1994Allosauridae Holtz
1994Allosauridae Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3
1996Allosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 42A
1996Allosauridae Hutt et al. p. 638
1997Allosauridae Hutchinson and Padian p. 96
1997Allosauridae Padian and Hutchinson p. 6
1998Allosauridae Sereno p. 64
2000Allosauridae Currie and Carpenter p. 210
2000Allosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 21 fig. 5
2004Allosauridae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74
2006Allosauridae Chure et al. p. 236
2006Allosauridae Coria and Currie p. 108 fig. 35
2006Allosauridae Mateus et al. p. 127
2007Allosauridae Malafaia et al. p. 258
2012Allosauridae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2020Allosauridae Chure and Loewen p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
superfamilyAllosauroidea
Allosauria()
familyAllosauridae
familyAllosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Allosauridae Marsh 1878 [allosaurid]
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G. †Saurophaganax Chure 1995
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Saurophaganax maximus Chure 1995
Invalid names: Allosaurinae Paul 1988 [empty], Antrodemidae Stromer 1934 [synonym], Ornitholestinae Paul 1988 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. v. Huene 1948Large preorbit and small propreorbit; narrow infratemporal fossa; boss on prefrontal; 9 short opisthocoelous cervicals; pleurocoela in the presacrals; dermal excrescences on dorsal neural spines; from middle of tail backwards no postzygapophyses; 2 small processes in front of haemapophysial facet; manus with three fingers; in foot 3 large middle toes. Upper Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 171.60000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Mexico (Oaxaca) Carnosauria indet. (36267)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile (Tarapaca) Allosauridae indet. (170681)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Baselland) Megalosaurus sp. (55219)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Allosauridae indet. (55320)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (New Mexico) Allosauridae indet. (22717)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Teruel) Allosauridae indet. (85291)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Oklahoma) Allosaurus sp. (49597) Saurophaganax maximus (49338)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Theropoda indet. (68019)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Allosauridae indet. (53916)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Megalosauridae indet. (68504)