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Becklespinax altispinax

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Acrocanthosaurus altispinax was named by Paul (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH R.1828. Its type locality is Battle, Hastings (Hastings Beds), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian marine claystone in the Hastings Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Becklespinax altispinax by Olshevsky (1991), Olshevsky (1992), Vickaryous and Ryan (1997), Holtz et al. (2004), Naish and Martill (2007) and Carrano et al. (2012); it was recombined as Altispinax altispinax by Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003); it was synonymized objectively with Altispinax dunkeri by Maisch (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Acrocanthosaurus altispinax Paul p. 314
1991Becklespinax altispinax Olshevsky pp. 22-23
1992Becklespinax altispinax Olshevsky p. 130
1997Becklespinax altispinax Vickaryous and Ryan p. 488
2003Altispinax altispinax Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297
2004Becklespinax altispinax Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2007Becklespinax altispinax Naish and Martill p. 502
2012Becklespinax altispinax Carrano et al. pp. 252-253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
genusBecklespinax
speciesaltispinax()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 145.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9United Kingdom (England) Megalosaurus bucklandi (type locality: 52571)