A is for allosaurus
(say a-low-saw-russ)
It was fierce.
It was a meat eater.
[72] Further research has found medullary bone in the theropod Allosaurus and ornithopod Tenontosaurus.
For example, the discovery of a 130-million-year-old African dinosaur similar to the North American Allosaurus suggests that the African plate was connected to the northern continents (Laurasia) longer than had been believed previously.
Some evolved into the well-known of Jurassic Period Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, which had a huge skull, many razor-sharp teeth and reached a height up to 18 feet and a length of about 50 feet.
by studying the tooth marks left on the bone, scientists will gain a better understanding of how some dinosaurs fed on their prey. Komodo dragons are unique among reptiles in having teeth that are similar to dinosaurs, for example, the Allosaurus ...
 See also: Reptile, Dinosaur, Diplodocus, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus
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