Allosaurus vs Deinonychus

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

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Allosaurus Deinonychus
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Allosaurus fragilis Deinonychus antirrhopus
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Dromaeosauridae
ยุคสมัย Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Carnivore Carnivore
ความยาว 9.7 m 3.4 m
Height 3.5 m 0.9 m
น้ำหนัก 2.3 t 73 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1877 1969
สถานที่ค้นพบ Garden Park, Colorado, USA Montana, USA
ตั้งชื่อโดย Othniel Charles Marsh John Ostrom
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Size Comparison

Allosaurus 9.7 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Deinonychus 3.4 m

about the size of a human adult

Weight Comparison

Allosaurus 2.3 t

comparable to 2.3 small cars

Deinonychus 73 kg

about 1 adult humans

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Timeline Comparison

Allosaurus
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Deinonychus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya
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Diet Comparison

Allosaurus

Carnivore

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

Deinonychus

Carnivore

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

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Classification Comparison

Allosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Deinonychus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

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Did You Know?

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Allosaurus was about 2.9x longer than Deinonychus.

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Allosaurus weighed roughly 32x more than Deinonychus.

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Both Allosaurus and Deinonychus were carnivores.

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

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Allosaurus was discovered 92 years earlier, in 1877.

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Allosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Deinonychus belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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