Acrocanthosaurus

Pronunciation:
ah-kroh-kan-tho-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'high-spined lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
large theropod
Length:
12.0m
Diet:
carnivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 115-105 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Carcharodontosauridae
Named by:
Stovall and Langston (1950)
Type species:
atokensis