Acrocanthosaurus (name meaning "high-spined lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period.
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Acrocanthosaurus was a bipedal predator. As its name suggests, it is best known for the high neural spines on many of its vertebrae, which most likely supported a ridge of muscle. Acrocanthosaurus was the largest theropod in its ecosystem and likely an apex predator which possibly preyed on large sauropods and ornithopods. At 40 feet and weighing 4 to 5 tons, it was the largest carnivore to roam North America during the Cretaceous before T. rex.
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New Giants[]
Acrocanthosaurus was shown alongside Sauroposeidon in a database scene discussing the relationship between megatheropods and large sauropods.