Antrodemus

Antrodemus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Holotype tail vertebra (above) compared to same of Allosaurus (below)
Scientific 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
  • Poekilopleuron valens Leidy, 1870
  • Megalosaurus valens (Leidy, 1870) Nopcsa, 1901
  • Allosaurus valens (Leidy, 1870) Huene, 1932

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.

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