Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1923 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 137 Ma |
Location: | Germany, Niedersachsen - Obernkirchen Sandstein |
Size: | Unknown |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | |
Also known as: | | Megalosaurus dunkeri | |
Altispinax ("with high spines") is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian, 140 to 133 million years ago) Wadhurst Clay Formation of East Sussex, England.