Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Allosauria

(Paul 1988)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
14
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Allosauria
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A collage of four carnosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus (or possibly Sinraptor), Acrocanthosaurus, Concavenator, and Allosaurus © User:Phreakster 1998 VSPYCC[1] User:FunkMonk User:Sheep81 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Allosauria Unranked clade
Fossil sites 14 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇨🇱 Chile
1
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Morrison
6
Villar del Arzobispo
2
Ukureyskaya
1
Chacarilla
1
Vellerat
1
Bückeberg
1
El Castellar
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
7
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
3
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
2
News 2
Tracking Down an Elusive Allosaurus Species
bone Tanzania Tendaguru fossil Allosauria +1
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,
04/06/2026 everythingdinosaur
Model Collector Provides an Exclusive Review of the Beasts of the Mesozoic 1:35 Scale Allosaurus
scale Mesozoic Allosauria Dinosauria
Our thanks to the devoted dinosaur model collector who sent into Everything Dinosaur a review of the Beasts of the Mesozoic Allosaurus fragilis figure.  Allosaurus is one of our favourite dinosaurs and we are big fans of the Beasts of the Mesozoic model range too.  It is great to have the Beasts of the Mesozoic
21/05/2026 everythingdinosaur
Images 8
Bibliography
Original description
G. S. Paul. 1988. Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. Simon & Schuster, New York
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