Altispinax
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Altispinax (/ˌæltɪˈspaɪnæks/; "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.
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Altispinax | |
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Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s | |
Scientific 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 | |
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