Allosaurus vs Amargasaurus

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Allosaurus and Amargasaurus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

الخاصية Allosaurus Amargasaurus
الاسم العلمي Allosaurus fragilis Amargasaurus cazaui
التصنيف Theropoda Sauropoda
الحقبة Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
النظام الغذائي Carnivore Herbivore
الطول 9.7 m 10.0 m
Height 3.5 m 2.5 m
الوزن 2.3 t 2.6 t
سنة الاكتشاف 1877 1991
موقع الاكتشاف Garden Park, Colorado, USA La Amarga Formation, Argentina
سُمي بواسطة Othniel Charles Marsh Leonardo Salgado & Jose Bonaparte

Size Comparison

Allosaurus 9.7 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Amargasaurus 10.0 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Weight Comparison

Allosaurus 2.3 t

comparable to 2.3 small cars

Amargasaurus 2.6 t

comparable to 2.6 small cars

Timeline Comparison

Allosaurus
161,5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145,0 Mya
Amargasaurus
145,0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100,5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Allosaurus

Carnivore

Allosaurus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Amargasaurus

Herbivore

Amargasaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Classification Comparison

Allosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Amargasaurus

Clade: Sauropodomorpha

Group: Sauropoda

(Lizard feet)

Did You Know?

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Allosaurus was a carnivore while Amargasaurus was a herbivore.

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Allosaurus lived during the Jurassic Late while Amargasaurus lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 0 million years.

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Allosaurus was discovered 114 years earlier, in 1877.

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Allosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Amargasaurus belonged to Sauropoda.

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