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Big Al
Biographical information
SpeciesAllosaurus
GenderMale
ProfessionPredator
StatusDead and fossilized
Broadcast information
Appears inThe Ballad of Big Al
Portrayed byBig Al

Big Al is a young Allosaurus with whose fossil was found in Wyoming with 19 injuries. Though surviving for a long time, even with 18 nearly healed injuries, his 19th injury, his middle toe on his right foot, which he broke, and it got infected, it ended up killing him due to starvation. He's the titular character of Ballad of Big Al: Walking with Dinosaurs special. He is the first dinosaur from WWD series to receive a name and a personality. Later other creatures would get the same thing.


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  • In July 15, 1990 a new Allosaurus specimen was discovered in Utah. Nearly 30 years later as of 2020, the newest Allosaurus species within the genus, has been identified; named Allosaurus jimmadseni, it can be distinguished from Allosaurus fragilis based on the shape of the jugal bone at the corner of the upper jaw, which is straight rather than angular as seen in A. fragilis.
    • The specimens "Big Al" and "Big Al Two" were reclassified as A. jimmadseni. The Allosaurs in Walking with Dinosaurs, however, being created before the distinction between the two species was known, have the angular jugal bones of A. fragilis.
  • In the original program, it's stated that Big Al died 145 million BC, while in 1999, stratigraphic work by Turner and Peterson suggests that the "Big Al" and Howe quarries may be roughly 152 million years old, which kind makes more sense since most of the animals that appeared here were already extinct by 145 million BC.
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