allosaur

American

[al-uh-sawr] / ˈæl əˌsɔr /

noun

a carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Antrodemus (formerlyAllosaurus ), from the late Jurassic Period of North America, that was about 30 feet (9 meters) long.

allosaur British

/ ˌæləˈsɔːrəs, ˈæləˌsɔː /

noun

any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Antrodemus (formerly Allosaurus ), common in North America in late Jurassic times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)

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Etymology

Origin of allosaur

< New Latin Allosaurus (1877). See allo-, -saur

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In studies of rocks from northern China, Brusatte and his co-workers have found an allosaur five to six metres long named Shaochilong maortuensis, which lived about 90 million years ago.

From Nature • Oct. 23, 2013

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