Altispinax

Altispinax
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, (Valanginian)
140–133 Ma
Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Carnosauria
Genus: Altispinax
von Huene, 1923
Species:
A. dunkeri
Binomial name
Altispinax dunkeri
von Huene, 1923
Synonyms
  • Megalosaurus dunkeri? Dames, 1884
  • Acrocanthosaurus altispinax Paul, 1988
  • Altispinax "lydekkerhueneorum" Pickering, 1995
  • Becklespinax altispinax (Paul, 1988) Olshevsky, 1991
  • Altispinax altispinax (Paul, 1988) Rauhut, 2000

Altispinax (/ˌæltɪˈspnæks/; "with high spines") is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Valanginian, 140 to 133 million years ago) of what is now the Wadhurst Clay Formation of East Sussex, England.