Saltriosaurus

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"Saltriosaurus" (Saltrio-lizard) was a theropod dinosaur which lived during the Jurassic period. It was found in 1996, when Angelo Zanella discovered its remains in a quarry in Saltrio, in northern Italy. Very little is known about the dinosaur. The name "Saltriosaurus", given to it in 2000 by Dal Sasso, is a nomen nudum.

"Saltriosaurus" is thought to have resembled Allosaurus, and is the oldest known three-fingered dinosaur. Like Allosaurus, it appears to have been carnivorous and is estimated to have weighed about 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms). It was 26 feet (eight meters) long and 13 feet (four meters) tall, with a skull 28 inches (70 centimeters) long. The single tooth that has been found was about 2.8 inches (seven centimeters) long.

Discovered thus far, about ten percent of the skeleton: lateral tooth, dorsal rib fragments, scapular fragment, furcula, humeri, metacarpal II, phalanx II-1, phalanx III-1, phalanx III-2, manual ungual III, proximal fibula, distal tarsal III, distal tarsal IV.

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