ACROCANTHOSAURUS

 Anatomy:                                                                          

• big head

• 4.5 foot (1.4 m) long skull

• 68 thin, sharp and serrated teeth

• 17-inch (43 cm) spikes extending from its vertebrae

• thick and fleshy sail on its back

• powerful arms

• three-fingered hands

• Long and sickle-like claws

 Size:                                                                                    

	size
Length		30-40 feet (9-13m)
Height		16-18 feet (5-5.5m)
weight		3.5-5 tons

 Meaning and pronunciation:                                        

	ACROCANTHOSAURUS
Meaning		High Spined Lizard
pronounced		ak-ro-KANTH-uh-SAWR-us

 Diet:                                                                                  

	DIET
CARNIVORE		***
HERBIVORE

 Intelligence:                                                                    

intelligence
Very high
High	***
Mid
low
Very low

 Locomotion:                                                                     

	Biped	Quadruped
Running
Walking	***

 Period of life:                                                                    

ERA	PERIOD	EPOCH	MILLIONS YEARS  AGO
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	EARLY	115-105

 Discovery of fossil                                                            

Its fossils have been found in what is now the USA, in Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

 Classification:                                                                   

	classification
FAMILY		Carcharodontosauridae
INFRAORDER		Tetanurae
SUBORDER		Theropoda
ORDER		Saurischia