 Allosaurus
fragilis
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 'Al'
is the old museum mascot and the state vertebrate fossil of Utah. Allosaurus
is not a smaller version of Tyrannosaurus rex. Allosaurus
was most like a great-grandfather to the Tyrannosaurus rex
'Al' lived 140 million years ago during the
Jurassic Period. Tyrannosaurus rex lived only 75 Million years ago
during the Cretaceous Period. The differences can be seen in their hands.
Allosaurus has three fingers and Tyrannosaurus rex only has two
fingers. The Allosaurus was a carnivore or a flesh-eating dinosaur.
He had very sharp serrated teeth that look similar to the cutting edge of
a knife. As the Allosaurus lost his teeth, he grew new
ones. Our Allosaurus is approximately 30% real bone and
70% reproduction.
In the museum, Al resides with three other
dinosaurs
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