Université de Fribourg

New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies

Foth​, Christian ; Evers, Serjoscha W. ; Pabst, Ben ; Mateus, Octávio ; Flisch, Alexander ; Patthey, Mike ; Rauhut, Oliver W.M.

In: PeerJ, 2015, vol. 3, p. e940

Adult large-bodied theropods are often found with numerous pathologies. A large, almost complete, probably adult Allosaurus specimen from the Howe Stephens Quarry, Morrison Formation (Late Kimmeridgian–Early Tithonian), Wyoming, exhibits multiple pathologies. Pathologic bones include the left dentary, two cervical vertebrae, one cervical and several dorsal ribs, the left scapula, the left...