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Allosaurus
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Type

Prehistoric

Status

Dinosaur

Group

Reptile

Appearances

The Animal World, One Million Years BC, The Valley of Gwangi

Diet

Carnivore

Behavior

Aggressive

Weaknesses

Cavemen, Being lifted off the ground

Ray Harryhausen's Allosaurus in the film One Million Years BC is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs from the film. The Allosaurus with incredible detailed skin, is covered in scales, bumps, ridges, and reptile like patterns around the mouth and eyes, was one of the most notatable dinosaurs from the film, along with the Pteranodon.

Description[]

The Allosaurus has a unique skin pigment from brownish, purplish, to even greenish at times, with incredibly detailed skin, ridges around its mouth and eyes, similar to geckos or iguanas, and reptile-like scales and bumps covering its body. The Allosaurus stood some between 9 to 34 feet tall upright with its tail dragging on the ground (however it wasn't in this position for the whole movie) like a T.rex and Weight: 12 tons and Lengt: 16,7 meters.

Behavior[]

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The Allosaurus from One Million Years BC

In the film, the Allosaurus was one of the three major predators seen, with the others being the Ceratosaurus, Pteranodon, and Giant Iguana. Unlike the Ceratosaurus and the similar Gwangi, the Allosaurus showed little interest in hunting similarly sized dinosaurs, but rather hunted smaller prey such as humans, notably children.

Tumak Vs Allosaurus

Tumak fighting Allosaurus

In the film the Allosaurus attacked The Shell Tribe. The allosaurus prefered to eat the young (in the film he tried to eat children in a tree) but wouldn't mind eating adult cavemen either. The Allosaurus was very agressive, and wasn't afraid of any human attack, making him very hard to kill. However, Tumak, a caveman, did kill the beasts, however it took many tries and a pole to finally kill the Allosaurus.

Appearances:[]

The Animal World (1956)

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

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