Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Acrocanthosaurus Atokensis ruled North America before Tyrannosaurus Rex, so let's take a look at the high-spined lizard to see what it had going for it that made it North America's apex predator 110-120 million years ago.

Most images used can also be found on the websites I used as sources.

Images:

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acrocanthosaurus-skull.jpg

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acrocanthosaurus_atokensis.jpg

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acrocanthosaurus_atokensis.png

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acrocanthosaurus_skeleton_(1).jpg

deviantart.com/durbed/art/Acrocanthosaurus-atokensis-342205936

deviantart.com/franoys/art/Acrocanthosaurus-atokensis-NCSM-14345-skeletal-732048959

Sources plus any other images used:

thesauropodomorphlair.wordpress.com/skeletal-reconstructions/dinosaurs/theropoda/acrocanthosaurus-atokensis

enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Acrocanthosaurus.shtml

prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/acrocanthosaurus.html

dinosaurpictures.org/Acrocanthosaurus-pictures

dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Acrocanthosaurus

https://www.wordsense.eu/atokensis/

nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/acrocanthosaurus.html

thoughtco.com/things-to-know-acrocanthosaurus-1093769



















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