Altispinax altih-SPEYENAKS

"with high spines"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Altispinax 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (140–133 Mya)
Place
Asia · United Kingdom
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

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

What we know

  • Named by von Huene, 1923.
  • Fossils found in Asia and United Kingdom.