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Allosaurus

Allosaurus
Allosaurus fragilis.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Bilataria
Phylum Information
Superphylum Deuterostomia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-phylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass Tetrapoda
Class Reptilia
Infra-class Archosauromorpha
Order Information
Superorder Dinosauria
Order Saurischia
Sub-order Theropoda
Infraorder Carnosauria
Family Information
Superfamily Allosauroidea
Family Allosauridae
Sub-family Allosaurinae
Genus Information
Genus Allosaurus
Species Information
Species A. fragilis
Population statistics

Allosaurus ("Different Lizard") was a large carnivorous theropod dinosaur that had a set of unusually longer forelimbs compared to other large theropods. Each forelimb was completed with a set of three fingers.

It was a bipedal specimen that would reach between 8.5 meters (28 feet) long to 12 meters (39 feet) long, and the large skull of the creature was fully equipped with deadly sharpened teeth that could tear the flesh off its prey to allow for proper chewing.

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