Altispinax
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Altispinax (meaning "with high spines") is an predatory theropod dinosaur that lived near Sussex, England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 137 million years ago. It was closely related to Becklespinax, another dinosaur from Sussex.[1][2]
| Altispinax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Infraorder: | †Carnosauria |
| Genus: | †Altispinax von Huene, 1923 |
| Species: | †A. dunkeri
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| Altispinax dunkeri von Huene, 1923
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References
change- ↑ "Re: _Becklespinax_". Archives of the DINOSAUR Mailing List. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 18 Feb 1997. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ Naish, D. 2010. "Pneumaticity, the early years: Wealden Supergroup dinosaurs and the hypothesis of saurischian pneumaticity". In: Moody, R. T. J., Buffetaut, E., Naish, D. & Martill, D. M. (eds) Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 343, pp. 229-236
