| Allosaurus tendagurensis | |
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| Holotype shin of A. tendagurensis in Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Infraorder: | †Carnosauria |
| Family: | †Allosauridae? |
| Genus: | †Allosaurus? |
| Type species | |
| †Allosaurus? tendagurensis (Janensch, 1925) | |
Allosaurus tendagurensis is an extinct species of carnosaur dinosaur described as a possible species of Allosaurus in 1925.
Discovery and naming[]
Allosaurus tendagurensis was named in 1925 by Werner Janensch for a partial shin (MB.R.3620) found in the Kimmeridgian-age Tendaguru Formation in Mtwara, Tanzania.[1] Although tabulated as a tentatively valid species of Allosaurus in the second edition of the Dinosauria, subsequent studies place it as indeterminate beyond Tetanurae, either a carcharodontosaurian or megalosaurid.[2][3] Although obscure, it was a large theropod, possibly around 10 meters long (33 ft) and 2.5 metric tons (2.8 short tons) in weight.
References[]
- ↑ Janensch, Werner (1925). "Die Coelurosaurier und Theropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas" (in German). Palaeontographica, Supplement 7 1: 1–99.
- ↑ Rauhut, Oliver W.M. (2005). "Post-cranial remains of 'coelurosaurs' (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania". Geological Magazine 142 (1): 97–107. DOI:10.1017/S0016756804000330.
- ↑ Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2011). "Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania)". Special Papers in Palaeontology 86: 195–239. DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01084.x.
