†Allosaurus Marsh 1877 (allosaurid)
Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Allosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38590
Synonyms: Antrodemus Leidy 1870 (no. 52904), Creosaurus Marsh 1878 (no. 52971), Epanterias Cope 1878 (no. 38705), Epantherias Cope 1878 (no. 105565), Labrosaurus Marsh 1879 (no. 52976), Saurophagus Ray 1941 (no. 57231)
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:514-516
Parent taxon: Allosauridae according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014
Sister taxa: Allosaurinae, Ornitholestinae, Saurophaganax
Subtaxa: Allosaurus europaeus, Allosaurus fragilis, Allosaurus jimmadseni, Allosaurus lucasi, Antrodemus sulcatus, Camptonotus amplus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore