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Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities:
A = Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania
C1 =  Shishugou & Kalazha Formations, China
C2 =  Shangshaximiao (Upper Shaximiao) Formation, China
E1 =  Sables de Glos, Argiles d’Octeville, Marnes de Bléville, Kimmeridge Clay, Calcareous Grit, Corallian Oolite, Oxford Clay, Portland Stone, England & France
E2 = Villar del Arzobispo, Alcobaça, Guimarota, Sobral, Amoreira-Porto Novo, Bombarral, Freixial, Lourinhã Formations, Spain & Portugal
M1-6 = Morrison Formation, United States
S1 =  Toquí & Cañadón Calcáreo Formations, Chile & Argentina

Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities: A = Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania C1 = Shishugou & Kalazha Formations, China C2 = Shangshaximiao (Upper Shaximiao) Formation, China E1 = Sables de Glos, Argiles d’Octeville, Marnes de Bléville, Kimmeridge Clay, Calcareous Grit, Corallian Oolite, Oxford Clay, Portland Stone, England & France E2 = Villar del Arzobispo, Alcobaça, Guimarota, Sobral, Amoreira-Porto Novo, Bombarral, Freixial, Lourinhã Formations, Spain & Portugal M1-6 = Morrison Formation, United States S1 = Toquí & Cañadón Calcáreo Formations, Chile & Argentina

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Tracking Down an Elusive Allosaurus Species
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Allosaurus has become a bit of a taxonomic waste basket.  This term relates to fossil material from theropods being assigned to the genus.  However, some of the evidence for assigning the material is tentative.  For example, theropod bones from southeastern Tanzania (Tendaguru Formation) had been assigned to an allosaur species named Allosaurus tendagurensis.  In 1925,
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