Altispinax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Infraorder: | †Carnosauria |
Genus: | †Altispinax von Huene, 1923 |
Species: | †A. dunkeri
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Binomial name | |
Altispinax dunkeri von Huene, 1923
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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.[1][2]