Saurophaganax maximus Saurophaganax

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Saurophaganax 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
Place
United States
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Allosauridae

Saurophaganax (“lord of lizard-eaters”) is a dubious, chimeric genus of large saurischian dinosaur, possibly a sauropod, from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Morrison Formation of Oklahoma, United States. This taxon was historically considered to represent a species of Allosaurus or very large allosaurid. However, re-examinations of the attributed specimens suggested that it is a chimera of multiple dinosaur genera, since some specimens most likely belong to a diplodocid sauropod, while the other referred specimens could be reassigned to a novel species of Allosaurus.

What we know

  • Named by Chure, 1995.
  • Fossils found in United States.