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Saurophaganax
Allosaurid theropod dinosaur genus from Late Jurassic period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saurophaganax ("lord of lizard-eaters") is a genus of large allosaurid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Late Jurassic (latest Kimmeridgian age, about 151 million years ago) Oklahoma, United States.[1] Some paleontologists consider it to be a junior synonym and species of Allosaurus (as A. maximus). Saurophaganax represents a very large Morrison allosaurid characterized by horizontal laminae at the bases of the dorsal neural spines above the transverse processes, and "meat-chopper" chevrons.[2] It was the largest terrestrial carnivore of North America during the Late Jurassic, reaching 10.5 metres (34 ft) in length and 2.7–3.8 metric tons (3.0–4.2 short tons) in body mass.
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Reconstructed skeleton at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Allosauroidea |
Family: | †Allosauridae |
Genus: | †Saurophaganax Chure, 1995 |
Species: | †S. maximus |
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†Saurophaganax maximus Chure, 1995 | |
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