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Dinosaur: Allosaurus "whitei"
| Length*: | 8.5 m | 27.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.7 t | 3,748 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian
Years: 154.8–149.2 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum > Allosaurus fragilis
Author: Pickering
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Wyoming
Formation: Morrison
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, sacrum, ilium, pubes, proximal ischia.
References: Pickering, (1995). The Lost World: One more piece of the puzzle. A Fractal Scaling in Dinosaurology Project.
