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†family Allosauridae Marsh 1878 (allosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Allosauridae

Synonym: Antrodemidae Stromer 1934

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1878. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles. American Journal of Science and Arts 15:241-244

Parent taxon: Allosauria according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012

See also Bakker 1986, Barsbold 1983, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Chure and Loewen 2020, Colbert and Russell 1969, Coria and Currie 2006, Currie and Carpenter 2000, Currie and Zhao 1994, Dong 1992, Galton 1977, Hay 1902, Holtz 1994, Holtz 1996, Holtz 2000, Holtz et al. 2004, Huene 1948, Huene 1959, Huene and Matley 1933, Hutchinson and Padian 1997, Hutt et al. 1996, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Kurzanov 1989, Malafaia et al. 2007, Maleev 1968, Marsh 1878, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1881, Mateus et al. 2006, Molnar 1992, Molnar et al. 1990, Padian and Hutchinson 1997, Paul 1988, Romer 1956, Russell 1984, Sereno 1998, Sereno et al. 1994, Steel 1970, Stovall and Langston 1950, Stromer 1934, Thulborn 1984 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Allosaurinae Ornitholestinae Saurophaganax

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Chile (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United States (5: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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