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Acrocanthosaurus (/ ˌ æ k r oʊ ˌ k æ n θ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / AK-roh-KAN-thə-SOR-əs; lit. ' high-spined lizard ' ) is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that existed in what is now North America during the Aptian and early Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous , from 113 to 110 million years ago.
Its skull is 1.27 m (4.2 ft) long, similar to that of Acrocanthosaurus, which has a skull length of 1.23–1.29 m (4.0–4.2 ft). [1] [4] The shapes and proportions of various bones, including the skull, scapula, metacarpals, ischial shaft, and foot, indicate that Meraxes and Acrocanthosaurus had similar proportions and body size.
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The holotype of Metriacanthosaurus parkeri, specimen OUM J.12144, was discovered in 1871 by W. Parker at Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, [1] and the specimen includes an incomplete hip, a leg bone, and part of a backbone; the geologist John Phillips briefly commented on the specimen during the same year. [2]
Acrocanthosaurus says "12 meters (40 ft) in length, and weighing up to about 2.40 metric tons (2.65 short tons)". ---- Redtigerxyz ( talk ) 16:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC) [ reply ] What bothers me is that the one making the comparison here is innumerate enough to express that number (6,000 pounds) from the white rhinoceros article in his ...
Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research.
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A later study in 2020 suggested that Sauroniops was a junior synonym of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, [6] though this statement has been criticized by Cau (2020). [7]A 2022 study published by Paterna and Cau reevaluated the reasoning of the 2020 study for considering Sauroniops a synonym of Carcharodontosaurus, and found most of the supposed shared features were based on misinterpretations of ...