Altispinax

Altispinax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, (Valanginian) 140–133 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype (NHMUK R1828) illustrated c. 1850s
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	†Carnosauria
Genus:	†Altispinax von Huene, 1923
Species:	†A. dunkeri
Binomial name
†Altispinax dunkeri von Huene, 1923
Synonyms
Megalosaurus dunkeri? Dames, 1884 Acrocanthosaurus altispinax Paul, 1988 Altispinax "lydekkerhueneorum" Pickering, 1995 Becklespinax altispinax (Paul, 1988) Olshevsky, 1991 Altispinax altispinax (Paul, 1988) Rauhut, 2000

Altispinax (/ˌæltɪˈspaɪnæks/; "with high spines") is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Valanginian, 140 to 133 million years ago) of what is now the Wadhurst Clay Formation of East Sussex, England.