Describer

Janensch, 1925

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Carnosauria Allosauridae

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Tendaguru Beds, Mtwara, Tanzania

Fall Under

Allosaurus?

Info

Allosaurus (Marsh, 1877) = Creosaurus (Marsh, 1878) Epanterias (Cope, 1878) Labrosaurus (Marsh, 1879) ?Saurophagus (Ray, 1941)

Allosaurus > Allosaurus fragilis (Marsh, 1877) Laelaps trihedrodon (Cope, 1877) Creosaurus atrox (Marsh, 1878) Epanteris amplexus (Cope, 1878) Hypsirhophus discurus (1) [partim] (Cope, 1878) Allosaurus lucaris (Marsh, 1878) Allosaurus ferox (Marsh, 1896) ?Saurophagus maximus (Ray, 1941) ?Labrosaurus ferox (Marsh, 1884) Camptosaurus amplus (Marsh, 1879) = Camptonotus amplus (Marsh, 1879) Allosaurus whitei (Pickering, 1995)

Allosaurus > ?Allosaurus tendagurensis (Janensch, 1925)

Allosaurus > Allosaurus europaeus (Mateus, Walen and Antunes 2006)

Tibia

(HM 67) (~10 m; ~2.5 tons) partial tibia (~910 mm) Though huge, this tibia is virtually never mentioned as being from one of the largest theropods known. The estimate is based on Allosaurus specimens, but as \\\"A.\\\" tendagurensis was a more basal tetanurine, one might expect the actual length to be longer. [M.Mortimer]