Becklespinax

Altispinax
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–133 Ma
Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Infraorder: †Carnosauria
Genus: †Altispinax
von Huene, 1923
Species:
†A. dunkeri
Binomial name
Altispinax dunkeri
von Huene, 1923
Synonyms
  • Acrocanthosaurus altispinax Paul, 1988
  • Altispinax altispinax Paul, 1988
  • Altispinax lydekkerhueneorum Pickering, 1995
  • Becklespinax altispinax Paul, 1988

Becklespinax is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. It was found in Sussex, England and lived alongside the related Altispinax.

References

  1. ↑ Owen, R., 1856, Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden Formation. Part IV. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 10, 26 pp