Allosaurus

Classification

Diet	Carnivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Late Jurassic
Family	Allosauridae
Genus	Allosaurus
Bio Group	Large Carnivore

Size

Height (m)	4
Length (m)	12
Weight (kg)	2,300

Rating

Base Appeal	152
Appeal (Per $1MM)	81.2
Appeal (Per Hectare)	59.4

Allosaurus

Median

Stats

Lifespan	46 - 72
Resilience	41
Attack	107
Defence	33
Medical Dart Resistance	123
Sedative Resistance	123
Poison Resistance	150

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	80%
Grassland (m²)	18900	74%
Forest (m²)	6700	26%

Social Group	1 - 1
Ideal Population	0 - 16

Unlock requirements

Unlocked by research in a Science Center

Incubation

Duration	07:31 - 08:20
Cost	1,873,000

Disease

Immune	Bracken Poisoning
Susceptible	Campylobacter

Description

Allosaurus was a large theropod dinosaur. An unusually large number of fossil specimens makes the Allosaurus one of the best studied dinosaurs of all time. Its name means “different lizard”.Notable features of the Allosaurus are a very strong skull and the ability to open its jaws extremely wide. It had a relatively weak bite force, unlike the largest theropods.

Discovery

The first incomplete Allosaurus fossils were discovered in 1869. Major operations in the 1960s then uncovered over 45 specimens at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

Paleoecology

The Morrison Formation is a semiarid flat floodplain. Life would have been supported by river-lining ferns and conifer forests throughout both wet and dry seasons. Allosaurus existed at the same time as other large theropods, each appearing to fill a different ecological niche.