Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Allosaurus wani allosaurid ne, memba ne na dangi na manyan theropods a cikin babban rukuni na Carnosauria. An kirkiro sunan iyali na Allosauridae don wannan jinsi a cikin 1878 ta Othniel Charles Marsh, amma ba a yi amfani da kalmar ba har zuwa shekarun 1970s a madadin Megalosauridae, wani dangin manyan theropods wanda daga baya ya zama harajin kwandon shara. Wannan, tare da yin amfani da Antrodemus don Allosaurus a wannan lokacin, wani batu ne da ake buƙatar tunawa lokacin da ake neman bayani game da Allosaurus a cikin wallafe-wallafen da suka riga James Madsen ta 1976 monograph. Manyan wallafe-wallafen da ke amfani da sunan "Megalosauridae" maimakon "Allosauridae" sun haɗa da Gilmore, 1920, von Huene, 1926, Romer, 1956 da 1966, Karfe, 1970, da Walker, 1964.Bayan wallafa littafin tarihin Madsen mai tasiri, Allosauridae ya zama aikin iyali da aka fi so, amma shi ma ba a bayyana shi sosai ba. Semi-fasaha ayyuka amfani da Allosauridae ga wani iri-iri na manyan theropods, yawanci wadanda suka kasance mafi girma da kuma mafi sani fiye da megalosaurids. Hanyoyin da aka yi la'akari da cewa suna da alaka da Allosaurus sun hada da Indosaurus, Piatnitzkysaurus, Piveteausaurus, Yangchuanosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Chilantaisaurus, Compsosuchus, Stokesosaurus, da kuma Szechuanosaurus. Ganin ilimin zamani na bambancin theropod da zuwan nazarin cladistic na dangantakar juyin halitta, babu wani daga cikin wadannan theropods da aka sani a matsayin allosaurid, kodayake da yawa, kamar Acrocanthosaurus da Yangchuanosaurus, mambobi ne na dangin dangi.  Tambaya: A cikin wane iyali ne aka sake rarraba theropods a shekara ta 1878?
Allosauridae