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Dinosaur: Altispinax dunkeri
| Length*: | 5.3 m | 17.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 500 kg | 1,102 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian-Valanginian
Years: 145–132.6 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: von Huene
Year: 1923
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Hastings Beds
Sources
Material: Three articulated nearly complete posterior dorsal vertebrae, two vertebrae (lost) ?, two ribs (lost) ?, other material referred ?
References: Maisch, M.W. (2016). The nomenclatural status of the carnivorous dinosaur genus Altispinax v. Huene, 1923 (Saurischia, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of England.
