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Allosaurus lucasi
Taxonomy
Allosaurus lucasi was named by Dalman (2014). Its type specimen is YPM VP 57589, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton of an adult consisting of cranial, dental, and postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McElmo Canyon, which is in a Tithonian fluvial conglomerate in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Allosaurus lucasi Dalman p. 161 |
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†Allosaurus lucasi Dalman 2014
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. G. Dalman 2014 | Large-bodied allosauroid theropod with the following autapomorphies: strongly reduced length of premaxilla; short and deep maxilla; quadratojugal with reduced jugal process and quadrate process; the ventral margins of the rostral quadratojugal ramus and the quadrate process of the quadratojugal form a single line; lateral condyle of the tibia strongly removed posteriorly, whereas in Allosaurus fragilis and Sauro phaganax maximus the condyle is more centered and occupies almost half the length of the tibial head. |