Allosaurus anax Danison et al. 2024 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. Danison, M. Wedel, D. Barta, H. Woodward, H. Flora, A. Lee, and E. Snively. 2024. Chimerism in specimens referred to Saurophaganax maximus reveals a new species of Allosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda). Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 12(11723):81–114

Belongs to Allosaurus according to A. Danison et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Allosaurus amplus, Allosaurus europaeus, Allosaurus fragilis, Allosaurus jimmadseni, Allosaurus lucasi, Labrosaurus sulcatus

Type specimen: OMNH 1771, a partial skull (postorbital). Its type locality is Stovall's Pit 1, Kenton (OMNH V92), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian wet floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stovall's Pit 1, Kenton (OMNH V92)

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