Saurophaganax
Saurophaganax maximus
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.
- Family
- Allosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Jurassic (151 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 10.5 m
- Weight
- 3 t
- Type locality
- Oklahoma, USA
- Holotype
- OMNH 1708
- PBDB
- txn:65370