Antrodemus

Antrodemus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Holotype tail vertebra (above) compared to same of Allosaurus (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Allosauridae
Genus: Antrodemus
Leidy, 1870
Species:
A. valens
Binomial name
Antrodemus valens
(Leidy, 1870) Leidy, 1873
Synonyms

Antrodemus ("chamber bodied") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic, probably the Morrison Formation, of Middle Park, Colorado. It contains one species, Antrodemus valens, first described and named as a species of Poekilopleuron by Joseph Leidy in 1870.

The Antrodemus skeleton on display at Princeton's Department of Geosciences in Guyot Hall
The Antrodemus skeleton on display at Princeton's Department of Geosciences in Guyot Hall (side view).

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