Acrocanthosaurus
genus · Stovall and Langston 1950 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 14 fossil sites · 7 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
121.4–93.9 million years ago
Found where
1 country
7 rock formations
Fossil record
14 sites
12 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 121.4 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Acrocanthosaurus was named in 1950 (Stovall and Langston 1950) — 76 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 7 named rock formations.
- 12 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).