Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Altispinax

- Pronunciation: al-tuh-SPY-nax
- Translation: High Spines
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Family: (Not confirmed)
- Height: 11 feet (3.4 meters)
- Length: 26.2 feet (8 meters)
- Period: Early Cretaceous
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Fragmentary remains of Altispinax have been discovered in Englandand Germany. Only some worn teeth and three mid-back vertebrae are known.On these vertebrae were long projections similar to, but shorter than,those of Spinosaurus.