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Allosaurus amplus
Taxonomy
Camptonotus amplus was named by Marsh (1879). Its type specimen is YPM 1879, a set of limb elements (pes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 1A, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Camptosaurus amplus by Sauvage (1880), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Marsh (1896), Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Nopcsa (1902), Mook (1916), Lull (1924), Gilmore (1925), Hay (1930), Janensch (1933), Kuhn (1964), Norman and Weishampel (1990), Chure et al. (1994), Norman (2004), Mateus (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Brill and Carpenter (2007), Galton (2007) and Diedrich (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Camptosaurus dispar by Bartholomai and Molnar (1981); it was considered a nomen dubium by Norman and Barrett (2002); it was recombined as Allosaurus amplus by Galton et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Camptosaurus amplus by Sauvage (1880), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Marsh (1896), Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Nopcsa (1902), Mook (1916), Lull (1924), Gilmore (1925), Hay (1930), Janensch (1933), Kuhn (1964), Norman and Weishampel (1990), Chure et al. (1994), Norman (2004), Mateus (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Brill and Carpenter (2007), Galton (2007) and Diedrich (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Camptosaurus dispar by Bartholomai and Molnar (1981); it was considered a nomen dubium by Norman and Barrett (2002); it was recombined as Allosaurus amplus by Galton et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Camptonotus amplus Marsh |
| 1880 | Camptosaurus amplus Sauvage p. 523 |
| 1885 | Camptosaurus amplus Marsh p. 169 |
| 1890 | Camptosaurus amplus Zittel p. 755 |
| 1893 | Camptosaurus amplus Winkler p. 113 |
| 1896 | Camptosaurus amplus Marsh p. 196 |
| 1901 | Camptosaurus amplus Nopcsa p. 210 |
| 1902 | Camptosaurus amplus Hay p. 501 |
| 1902 | Camptosaurus amplus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxiii |
| 1902 | Camptosaurus amplus Nopcsa p. 152 |
| 1916 | Camptosaurus amplus Mook p. 146 |
| 1924 | Camptosaurus amplus Lull p. 269 |
| 1925 | Camptosaurus amplus Gilmore p. 393 |
| 1930 | Camptosaurus amplus Hay p. 205 |
| 1933 | Camptosaurus amplus Janensch p. 232 |
| 1964 | Camptosaurus amplus Kuhn p. 10 |
| 1990 | Camptosaurus amplus Norman and Weishampel p. 530 |
| 1994 | Camptosaurus amplus Chure et al. p. 304 |
| 2004 | Camptosaurus amplus Norman p. 415 |
| 2006 | Camptosaurus amplus Chure et al. p. 237 |
| 2006 | Camptosaurus amplus Mateus p. 231 |
| 2006 | Camptosaurus amplus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 228 |
| 2007 | Camptosaurus amplus Brill and Carpenter p. 51 |
| 2007 | Camptosaurus amplus Galton p. 39 |
| 2011 | Camptosaurus amplus Diedrich p. 145 |
| 2015 | Allosaurus amplus Galton et al. p. 330 |
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†Allosaurus amplus Marsh 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Camptonotus amplus (type locality: 39337) |