Allosauridae
E281085
Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allosauridae canonical | 3 |
| Allosauridae indet. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2579763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allosauridae Context triple: [Saurophaganax maximus, family, Allosauridae]
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A.
Allosaurus
Allosaurus was a large, carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the Late Jurassic period, known as one of the top predators of its ecosystem in what is now North America.
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B.
Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae is a family of large, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Tyrannosaurus.
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C.
Avetheropoda
Avetheropoda is a clade of advanced theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives.
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D.
Theropoda
Theropoda is a major group of mostly bipedal, primarily carnivorous dinosaurs that includes famous species like Tyrannosaurus rex and the ancestors of modern birds.
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E.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allosauridae Target entity description: Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
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A.
Allosaurus
Allosaurus was a large, carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the Late Jurassic period, known as one of the top predators of its ecosystem in what is now North America.
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B.
Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae is a family of large, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes iconic genera such as Tyrannosaurus.
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C.
Avetheropoda
Avetheropoda is a clade of advanced theropod dinosaurs that includes birds and their closest non-avian relatives.
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D.
Theropoda
Theropoda is a major group of mostly bipedal, primarily carnivorous dinosaurs that includes famous species like Tyrannosaurus rex and the ancestors of modern birds.
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E.
Titanosauria
Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur family
ⓘ
theropod clade ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| clade |
Avetheropoda
ⓘ
Tetanurae ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| contains | large-bodied theropods ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large-bodied predator of sauropods and ornithopods ⓘ |
| feedingAdaptation |
blade-like teeth for slicing flesh
ⓘ
strong jaw musculature ⓘ |
| fossilRecord |
Lourinhã Formation
ⓘ
Morrison Formation ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Portugal ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| includesTaxon |
Allosaurus
ⓘ
Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form:
Allosaurus europaeus
Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form:
Allosaurus fragilis
Allosaurus ⓘ
surface form:
Allosaurus jimmadseni
Epanterias ⓘ Saurophaganax maximus ⓘ
surface form:
Saurophaganax
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | terrestrial ⓘ |
| locomotion | bipedal ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
large skull with fenestrae
ⓘ
long balancing tail ⓘ powerful hind limbs ⓘ sharp serrated teeth ⓘ short forelimbs ⓘ three-fingered hands ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Allosaurus ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Allosaurus
ⓘ
surface form:
Allosaurus fragilis
Saurophaganax maximus ⓘ |
| order | Saurischia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonCharacteristic |
S-shaped neck
ⓘ
hollow bones ⓘ |
| suborder | Theropoda ⓘ |
| superorder | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | Early Cretaceous ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Allosaurus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Allosauridae Description of subject: Allosauridae is a family of large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that includes the well-known predator Allosaurus and its close relatives from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Allosauridae indet.