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АллозавридыАллозаври́ды (лат. Allosauridae), сем. хищных ящеротазовых динозавров из группы теропод. Жили на территории нынешних Азии, Африки, Европы и Северной Америки около 155—145 миллионов лет назад. Семейство включает в себя Saurophaganax, Allosaurus, и мало изученного Epanterias, который может быть экземпляром Allosaurus. Впервые семейство было выделено американским палеонтологом Отниелом Чарльзом Маршем в 1878 году. Таксономия
Кладограмма взаимоотношений различных групп по Benson, Carrano и Brusatte, (2010):
Allosauridae was a family of medium to large sized carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. Members included Saurophaganax, Allosaurus, and the poorly knownEpanterias, which could well be a specimen of Allosaurus. Allosauridae was named by prolific American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878. The exact number of genera that can be included here is very debatable and most of the upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous carnosaurs are somewhat closely related to Allosaurus. Whatever the case, allosaurids seemed to be the most successful hunters of their times, outnumbering the Megalosauridae andCeratosauridae, with which they competed for prey. The allosaurids would eventually be succeeded by their close relatives the carcharodontosaurs in the southern hemisphere, and replaced by the coelurosaurian tyrannosaurids in the northern hemisphere, during the Cretaceous Period. |
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