Species
Valid Extinct

Acrocanthosaurus atokensis

Stovall and Langston 1950

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Allosauroidea Superfamily
Carcharodontosauridae Family
Acrocanthosaurus Genus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
9
Geological formations
Antlers
3
Twin Mountains
1
Holly Creek
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
4
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
J. W. Stovall and W. Langston, Jr. 1950. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, a new genus and species of Lower Cretaceous Theropoda from Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 43(4):686-728 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
M. T. Carrano. 2024. First definitive record of Acrocanthosaurus (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) in the Lower Cretaceous of eastern North America. Cretaceous Research 157(78):105814 DOI ↗
C. A. Suarez, J. Frederickson, and R. L. Cifelli, J. G. Pittman, R. l. Nydam, R. K. Hunt-Foster, K. Morgan. 2021. A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA. PeerJ 9(e12242):1-60 DOI ↗
M. D. D'Emic, K. M. Melstrom, and D. R. Eddy. 2012. Paleobiology and geographic range of the large-bodied Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 333-334:13-23 DOI ↗
P. J. Currie and K. Carpenter. 2000. A new specimen of <i>Acrocanthosaurus atokensis</i> (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Oklahoma, USA. Geodiversitas 22(2):207-246
J. D. Harris. 1998. A reanalysis of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, its phylogenetic status, and paleobiogeographic implications, based on a new specimen from Texas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 13:1-75
J. W. Stovall and W. Langston, Jr. 1950. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, a new genus and species of Lower Cretaceous Theropoda from Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 43(4):686-728 DOI ↗