Acrocanthosaurus Name: Acrocanthosaurus( Top Spiny Lizard) Kind: Saurischia Food: Carnivore When: Early Cretaceous Where: North America Length: 43 feet A bipedal theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma, Texas and Utah, USA. It had a big head and 68 thin, sharp, serrated teeth. It had 43 cm long spikes extending from its vertebrae along the neck and tail that may have formed a thick, fleshy sail on its back. It had powerful arms and each hands had three fingers, each equipped with long, sickle-like claws. [Greek akro, "high" + akantha, "spine"].
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