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===Modern study=== The period since Madsen's monograph has been marked by a great expansion in studies dealing with topics concerning ''Allosaurus'' in life ([[paleobiology|paleobiological]] and [[paleoecology|paleoecological]] topics). Such studies have covered topics including skeletal variation,<ref name=DKS98>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/02724634.1998.10011039 |last=Smith |first=David K. |year=1998 |title=A morphometric analysis of ''Allosaurus'' |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=126β142|bibcode=1998JVPal..18..126S }}</ref> growth,<ref name=PBetal06>{{cite journal |last1=Bybee |first1=Paul J. |year=2006 |title=Sizing the Jurassic theropod dinosaur ''Allosaurus'': Assessing growth strategy and evolution of ontogenetic scaling of limbs |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=267 |issue=3 |pages=347β359 |doi=10.1002/jmor.10406 |pmid=16380967 |last2=Lee |first2=AH |last3=Lamm |first3=ET|s2cid=35111050 }}</ref><ref name=FC06>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=John R. |last2=Chure, Daniel J. |year=2006 |chapter=Hindlimb allometry in the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur ''Allosaurus'', with comments on its abundance and distribution |editor=Foster, John R. |editor2=Lucas, Spencer G. |title=Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation |series=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, '''36''' |publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |location=Albuquerque, New Mexico |pages=119β122}}</ref> skull construction,<ref name="ERetal01">{{cite journal |last1=Rayfield |first1=Emily J. |last2=Norman |first2=DB |author-link2=David B. Norman |last3=Horner |first3=CC |last4=Horner |first4=JR |author-link4=Jack Horner (paleontologist) |last5=Smith |first5=PM |last6=Thomason |first6=JJ |last7=Upchurch |first7=P |year=2001 |title=Cranial design and function in a large theropod dinosaur |journal=Nature |volume=409 |issue=6823 |pages=1033β1037 |bibcode=2001Natur.409.1033R |doi=10.1038/35059070 |pmid=11234010 |s2cid=4396729}}</ref> hunting methods,<ref name=BB98>{{cite journal |last=Bakker |first=Robert T. |year=1998 |title=Brontosaur killers: Late Jurassic allosaurids as sabre-tooth cat analogues |journal=Gaia |volume=15 |pages=145β158|issn=0871-5424 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40662858}}</ref> the brain,<ref name=SWR99>{{cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Scott W. |year=1999 |title=''Allosaurus'', crocodiles, and birds: Evolutionary clues from spiral computed tomography of an endocast |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=257 |issue=5 |pages=163β173 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19991015)257:5<162::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-W | pmid = 10597341|doi-access=free }}</ref> and the possibility of gregarious living and parental care.<ref name=RTB97>{{cite book |last=Bakker |first=Robert T. |year=1997 |editor=Wolberg, Donald L. |editor2=Sump, Edmund |editor3=Rosenberg, Gary D. |chapter=Raptor Family values: Allosaur parents brought giant carcasses into their lair to feed their young |title=Dinofest International, Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Arizona State University |publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences |location=Philadelphia |pages=51β63|isbn=978-0-935868-94-4}}</ref> Reanalysis of old material (particularly of large 'allosaur' specimens),<ref name=GSP88/><ref name=DJC95>{{cite book |last=Chure |first=Daniel J. |year=1995 |chapter=A reassessment of the gigantic theropod ''Saurophagus maximus'' from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Oklahoma, USA |editor=Ailing Sun |editor2=Yuangqing Wang |title=Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Short Papers |publisher=China Ocean Press |location=Beijing |pages=103β106| isbn=978-7-5027-3898-3}}</ref> new discoveries in Portugal,<ref name=PMetal99>{{cite journal|last1=PΓ©rez-Moreno |first1=B.P. |year=1999 |title=On the presence of ''Allosaurus fragilis'' (Theropoda: Carnosauria) in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: First evidence of an intercontinental dinosaur species |journal=Journal of the Geological Society |volume=156 |issue=3 |pages=449β452 |doi=10.1144/gsjgs.156.3.0449 |url=http://correio.fc.ul.pt/~cmsilva/Artigos/CMS034.pdf |last2=Chure |first2=D. J. |last3=Pires |first3=C. |last4=Marques Da Silva |first4=C. |last5=Dos Santos |first5=V. |last6=Dantas |first6=P. |last7=Povoas |first7=L. |last8=Cachao |first8=M. |last9=Sanz |first9=J. L. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025123324/http://correio.fc.ul.pt/~cmsilva/Artigos/CMS034.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |bibcode=1999JGSoc.156..449P |s2cid=130952546 }}</ref> and several very complete new specimens<ref name=DJC00b/><ref name=BB96>{{cite book |last=Breithaupt |first=Brent |year=1996 |chapter=The discovery of a nearly complete ''Allosaurus'' from the Jurassic Morrison Formation, eastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming |editor=Brown, C.E. |editor2=Kirkwood, S.C. |editor3=Miller, T.S. |title=Forty-Seventh Annual Field Conference Guidebook |pages=309β313 |publisher=Wyoming Geological Association |location=Casper, Wyoming |oclc=36004754}}</ref><ref name=BigAlTwo>{{cite web |url=http://geo-sciences.com/howequarry.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203133129/http://geo-sciences.com/howequarry.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2007 |title=Howe Dinosaur Quarry β Wyoming's Jurassic Treasure |access-date=September 27, 2007 |date=July 24, 2007 |publisher=GeoScience Adventures}}</ref> have also contributed to the growing knowledge base.
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