Allosaurus vs Microraptor

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Allosaurus Microraptor
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Allosaurus fragilis Microraptor gui
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Dromaeosauridae
ยุคสมัย Jurassic Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Carnivore Carnivore
ความยาว 9.7 m 0.8 m
Height 3.5 m 0.3 m
น้ำหนัก 2.3 t 1 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1877 2003
สถานที่ค้นพบ Garden Park, Colorado, USA Liaoning Province, China
ตั้งชื่อโดย Othniel Charles Marsh Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Allosaurus 9.7 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Microraptor 0.8 m

smaller than a human child

Weight Comparison

Allosaurus 2.3 t

comparable to 2.3 small cars

Microraptor 1 kg

lighter than a human adult

Timeline Comparison

Allosaurus
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya
Microraptor
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Allosaurus

Carnivore

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

Microraptor

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Allosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Microraptor

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Did You Know?

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Allosaurus was about 12.1x longer than Microraptor.

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Allosaurus weighed roughly 2300x more than Microraptor.

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Both Allosaurus and Microraptor were carnivores.

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

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Allosaurus was discovered 126 years earlier, in 1877.

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Allosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Microraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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