Allosaurus

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Translingual

A dinosaur skeleton roped off in a museum — Allosaurus fragilis skeleton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other, different”) + -saurus.

Proper noun

†Allosaurus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Allosauridae – theropod dinosaurs.

Hyponyms

(genus): Allosaurus fragilis – type species; Allosaurus amplus, Allosaurus atrox, Allosaurus europaeus, Allosaurus jimmadseni, Allosaurus lucasi - other species

References

Allosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Allosaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Allosaurus at Paleobiology Database

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