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ALTISPINAX
(al-tee-spy-nax)
meaning: "High spine"
Altispinax
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 |
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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.

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