A Guide to the Dinosaurs of Colorado


On Dinosaur Classification

On Scientific Names

The Basics of Taxonomy

An Introduction to Cladistcs

Taxonomy of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Cladogram of the Dinosaurs of Colorado

About the Dinosaurs of Colorado

Geological
Time Chart


   

Genus Allosaurus

Taxonomy: Recognized Species
Class Dinosauria
  Subclass Theropodia
    Order Carnosauria
      Family Allosauridae
A. fragilis Marsh, 1877
  Western United States
(?) A. tendagurensis Janensch, 1925
  Tanzania, Africa

Species in Colorado: Allosaurus fragilis

Size: Where found:
Up to 39 feet
12 meters
Morrison Formation of Utah, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

Period: Age:
Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
  144 to 156 Ma.

Material Found
Many complete skeletons, including at least three skulls, representing at least 60 individuals.


Information compiled by Donald L. Blanchard


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