Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Full reference: 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
Belongs to Acrocanthosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Adams 2015, Andrzejewski et al. 2019, Bandeira et al. 2021, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Carrano 2023, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Currie and Carpenter 2000, D'Emic et al. 2012, Dalman 2014, Farlow 2001, Gauthier 1986, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Harris 1998, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz et al. 2004, Langston 1974, Langston 1979, Lipka 1998, Malkani 2006, Molnar et al. 1990, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Norell et al. 2009, Novas et al. 1999, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut 2003, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Senter and Sullivan 2019, Shell and Boss 2013, Steel 1970, Stovall and Langston 1950, Suarez et al. 2021, Suñer et al. 2005, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Weishampel 2006, White et al. 2015, White et al. 2012, Xing et al. 2014 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OMNH 10146 (= MUO 8-0-S9), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cochran farm, OMNH V68, which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in the Antlers Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 406.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Arkansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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