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Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall and Langston 1950
Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 121.4–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Stovall and Langston 1950. The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Acrocanthosaurus sits in deep time
Acrocanthosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Acrocanthosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.