Allosaurus vs Yutyrannus

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

الخاصية Allosaurus Yutyrannus
الاسم العلمي Allosaurus fragilis Yutyrannus huali
التصنيف Theropoda Tyrannosauridae
الحقبة Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
النظام الغذائي Carnivore Carnivore
الطول 9.7 m 9.0 m
Height 3.5 m 3.0 m
الوزن 2.3 t 1.4 t
سنة الاكتشاف 1877 2012
موقع الاكتشاف Garden Park, Colorado, USA Liaoning Province, China
سُمي بواسطة Othniel Charles Marsh Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Allosaurus 9.7 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Yutyrannus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Allosaurus 2.3 t

comparable to 2.3 small cars

Yutyrannus 1.4 t

comparable to 1.4 small cars

Timeline Comparison

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

Diet Comparison

Allosaurus

Carnivore

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

Yutyrannus

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Allosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Yutyrannus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Tyrannosauridae

(Tyrant lizards)

Did You Know?

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Both Allosaurus and Yutyrannus were carnivores.

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

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Allosaurus was discovered 135 years earlier, in 1877.

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Allosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Yutyrannus belonged to Tyrannosauridae.

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