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Altispinax
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–133Ma
Becklespinax.jpg
Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s
Scientific classification
Genus:
Altispinax
Species:
dunkeri
Synonyms
  • Acrocanthosaurus altispinax Paul, 1988
  • Altispinax altispinax Paul, 1988
  • Altispinax lydekkerhueneorum Pickering, 1995
  • Becklespinax altispinax Paul, 1988

Altispinax (meaning "with high spines") is an predatory theropod dinosaur that lived near Sussex, England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 137 million years ago. It was closely related to Becklespinax, another dinosaur from Sussex.

Images for kids

  • Humped Megalosaurus

    Von Meyer's restoration of Megalosaurus with long neural spines

  • Cfr Altispinax dunkeri

    Foot claw (specimen BMNH 2482) provisionally referred to Altispinax by von Huene in 1926. Natural History Museum, London.

  • Altispinax dunkeri by Paleogeek

    Altispinax reconstructed after Concavenator, based on Darren Naish's blog post.

See also

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