Saurophaganax
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| Saurophaganax maximus Chure, 1995 |
Saurophaganax maximus ("greatest lizard-eating master") was an allosaurid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Jurassic North America. Some paleontologists consider it to be a species of Allosaurus (A. maximus). Saurophaganax was a massive carnosaur, up to 12 meters (40 feet) long.
Saurophaganax is the official state fossil of Oklahoma [1].
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