Saurophaganax (SciiFii)

Saurophaganax giganteus or Allosaurus giganteus is a species of large, non-avian allosaurid dinosaur that originally lived from the Morrison Formation of Late Jurassic (latest Kimmeridgian age, about 151 million years ago) Oklahoma, United States, as an extinct species, Saurophaganax maximus or Allosaurus maximus, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and, unlike most other large, predatory non-avian theropods, has been intentionally introduced throughout the modern open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and scrublands across North America to help boost biodiversity and to help regulate the population of herbivorous non-avian dinosaurs. Saurophaganax giganteus is the largest known living allosaurid, reaching lengths of 10.5 metres (34 feet) long and weighing 2.7–3.8 metric tons (3.0–4.2 short tons) in body mass. Saurophaganax giganteus is a carnivore that primarily feeds on a wide range of carrion and the de-extincted herbivorous dinosaurs and early large Cenozoic mammals, including stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, sauropods, uintatheres, brontotheres, paraceratheres, and large hyracodonts, just to name a few. Despite its large size and being a predator, Saurophaganax giganteus does not hunt native modern animals or de-extincted late Cenozoic (including Holocene) animals, both wild and domesticated (which also includes humans), most likely a result of genetic tampering so that Saurophaganax giganteus may be tolerated by sapient species such as humans. Saurophaganax giganteus is generally a solitary animal that lives alone throughout its life outside of the mating season, although it has been known to hunt in unorganized, lose gangs, most similarly to the Komodo dragon. During courtship, the male Saurophaganax giganteus raises his feather crest on his upper back and tail tip, and expand his throat pouch, turning bright black-and-orange in color in order to impress the female. Saurophaganax giganteus lays around 8-12 eggs per clutch in just 2 months after mating, and the eggs hatch about 4 weeks after being laid. The young are cared for by both parents who bring food to the young and defend them against predators such as canids, felids, hyenas, entelodonts, hyaenodonts, troodontids, dromaeosaurs, and among others. The conservation status of Saurophaganax giganteus is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the animal's wide range.
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