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Devour
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Dinosaur Attack
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Dinosaur Scales
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and here is some info about the real Allosaurus
Allosaurus was a large, meat-eating dinosaur . It was the biggest meat-eater in North America during the late Jurassic period.
<small>ANATOMY
Allosaurus was a powerful predator that walked on two powerful legs, had a strong, S-shaped neck, and had vertebrae that were different from those of other dinosaurs (hence its name, the "different lizard"). It had a massive tail, a bulky body, and heavy bones. Its arms were short and had three-fingered hands with sharp claws that were up to 6 inches (15 cm) long.
Allosaurus was up to 38 feet long (12 m) and 16.5 feet tall (5 m). It weighed about 1400 kg. It had a 3 feet long (90 cm) skull with two short brow-horns and bony knobs and ridges above its eyes and on the top of the head. It had large, powerful jaws with long, sharp, serrated teeth 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) long.
The different species of Allosaurus varied in weight. Allosaurus fragilis, A. atrox, and A. ferox weighed about 1.1 to 1.9 tons (1 tonne to 1.7 tonnes); A. amplexus was much heavier and weighed about 2.7 to 5.5 tons (3 tonnes to 5 tonnes).
DIET AND TEETH
Allosaurus was a huge carnivore, a meat eater equipped with sharp, pointed teeth in large, powerful jaws - it was the biggest meat-eater in its habitat. This theropod also had long, sharp clawed hands. Allosaurus probably ate large, plant-eating dinosaurs, like Stegosaurus.
BEHAVIOR
Allosaurus may have hunted in groups. In groups, Allosaurus could ambush even the very large sauropods (like Diplodocus and Camarasaurus). It probably also preyed upon stegosaurs and iguanodonts. Allosaurus was the most abundant predator in late Jurassic North America.
WHEN ALLOSAURUS LIVED
Allosaurus was the biggest meat-eater during the late Jurassic period, about 154 to 144 million years ago
CLASSIFICATION
Allosaurus belonged to the:
Kingdom Animalia (animals)
Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
Order Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs
Suborder Theropoda - bipedal carnivores
Tetanurae -advanced theropods
Neotetanurae - late tetanurans
Infraorder Carnosauria = Allosauria - large predators, many with head crests, including Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus
Family Allosauridae (huge carnivores with bony head ridges that may have hunted in packs; they included Allosaurus, Saurophaganax, and Neovenator.
Genus Allosaurus
species A. fragilis (the type species; Marsh, 1877)
species A. amplexus (Cope, 1878, originally called Epanterias)
species A. atrox (Marsh, 1878, originally called Creosaurus)
species A. ferox (Marsh, 1896) </small>
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Dinosaur Attack
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Dinosaur Scales
http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Icons&ID=10635&sid=66093dcfa46f54639ebc825b7bf2cc2d
and here is some info about the real Allosaurus
Allosaurus was a large, meat-eating dinosaur . It was the biggest meat-eater in North America during the late Jurassic period.
<small>ANATOMY
Allosaurus was a powerful predator that walked on two powerful legs, had a strong, S-shaped neck, and had vertebrae that were different from those of other dinosaurs (hence its name, the "different lizard"). It had a massive tail, a bulky body, and heavy bones. Its arms were short and had three-fingered hands with sharp claws that were up to 6 inches (15 cm) long.
Allosaurus was up to 38 feet long (12 m) and 16.5 feet tall (5 m). It weighed about 1400 kg. It had a 3 feet long (90 cm) skull with two short brow-horns and bony knobs and ridges above its eyes and on the top of the head. It had large, powerful jaws with long, sharp, serrated teeth 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) long.
The different species of Allosaurus varied in weight. Allosaurus fragilis, A. atrox, and A. ferox weighed about 1.1 to 1.9 tons (1 tonne to 1.7 tonnes); A. amplexus was much heavier and weighed about 2.7 to 5.5 tons (3 tonnes to 5 tonnes).
DIET AND TEETH
Allosaurus was a huge carnivore, a meat eater equipped with sharp, pointed teeth in large, powerful jaws - it was the biggest meat-eater in its habitat. This theropod also had long, sharp clawed hands. Allosaurus probably ate large, plant-eating dinosaurs, like Stegosaurus.
BEHAVIOR
Allosaurus may have hunted in groups. In groups, Allosaurus could ambush even the very large sauropods (like Diplodocus and Camarasaurus). It probably also preyed upon stegosaurs and iguanodonts. Allosaurus was the most abundant predator in late Jurassic North America.
WHEN ALLOSAURUS LIVED
Allosaurus was the biggest meat-eater during the late Jurassic period, about 154 to 144 million years ago
CLASSIFICATION
Allosaurus belonged to the:
Kingdom Animalia (animals)
Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
Order Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs
Suborder Theropoda - bipedal carnivores
Tetanurae -advanced theropods
Neotetanurae - late tetanurans
Infraorder Carnosauria = Allosauria - large predators, many with head crests, including Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus
Family Allosauridae (huge carnivores with bony head ridges that may have hunted in packs; they included Allosaurus, Saurophaganax, and Neovenator.
Genus Allosaurus
species A. fragilis (the type species; Marsh, 1877)
species A. amplexus (Cope, 1878, originally called Epanterias)
species A. atrox (Marsh, 1878, originally called Creosaurus)
species A. ferox (Marsh, 1896) </small>