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The truth of Oklahoma’s state fossil revealed

OSU-CHS paleontology student Andy Danison discovers fossils attributed to Saurophaganax likely belonged to at least two long-necked herbivores and new Allosaurus species.
An artist's rendering of Allosaurus anax attacking an herbivore. Fossils originally thought to be from a distinct dinosaur called Saurophaganax are actually from at least three dinosaurs, two long-necked herbivores a new genus of Allosaurus, called Allosaurus anax, according to a new research study by OSU-CHS paleontology student Andy Danison. Image by Rizky Maulana.
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