Saurophaganax maximus

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allosauroid large carnivorous dinosaur theropod dinosaur

Saurophaganax maximus is a large Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur, closely related to Allosaurus, known from fossil remains found in what is now Oklahoma.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saurophaganax 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allosauroid ⓘ
large carnivorous dinosaur ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
age Kimmeridgian ⓘ
Tithonian ⓘ
clade Avetheropoda ⓘ
Theropoda ⓘ
surface form: Carnosauria

Tetanurae ⓘ
Theropoda ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form: Allosaurus fragilis
describedBy Daniel J. Chure ⓘ
describedInYear 1995 ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
discoveredIn 20th century ⓘ
ecologicalRole apex predator ⓘ
estimatedLength 10–13 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass 2–4 metric tons ⓘ
family Allosauridae ⓘ
formation Morrison Formation ⓘ
fossilRange Late Jurassic, about 151–145 million years ago ⓘ
fossilsFoundIn Oklahoma ⓘ
fossilsStoredAt Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
genus Saurophaganax maximus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Saurophaganax
geologicalPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
hasCommonName Saurophaganax maximus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Saurophaganax
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom limb bones ⓘ
partial skeletal remains ⓘ
vertebrae ⓘ
lifestyle bipedal ⓘ
livedIn North America ⓘ
what is now Oklahoma ⓘ
locomotion obligate biped ⓘ
nameMeaning “greatest lizard eater” ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form: Allosaurus europaeus

Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form: Allosaurus jimmadseni
size large ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
typeLocality Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
typeStratum Morrison Formation ⓘ
surface form: Upper Morrison Formation

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saurophaganax maximus → genus → Saurophaganax maximus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saurophaganax
Saurophaganax maximus → hasCommonName → Saurophaganax maximus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saurophaganax
U.S. state of Oklahoma → stateFossil → Saurophaganax maximus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma