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This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Large Carnivores, Acrocanthosaurus, Aerosteon, Afrovenator, Allosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Carnotaurus, Concaventor, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Kasai Rex, Majungasaurus, Mapusaurus, Shaochilong, Tarbosaurus, Tyrannotitan, Yangchuanosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Albertosaurus, Allosaurus, Anomalocaris, Australovenator, Brygmophyseter, Burrunjor, Carcharodontosaurus, Carnosauria, Carnotaurus, Cearadactylus, Ceratosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Dubreuillosaurus, Dunkleosteus, Elasmosaurus, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Gigantoraptor, Gorgosaurus, Kaprosuchus, Kasai Rex, Liopleurodon, Loch Ness Monster, Mahamba, Majungasaurus, Mapusaurus, Mastodonsaurus, Megalodon, Megalosaurus, Megaraptor, Mosasaur, Nguma-monene, Occitanosaurus, Ornithocheirus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaur, Plotosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, Rugops, Sarcosuchus, Sarcosuchus imperator, Shaochilong, Siamosaurus, Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Spinosaurus marocannus, Svalbard Pliosaur, Tarbosaurus, Theropod, Theropoda, Tylosaurus. Excerpt: Acrocanthosaurus was not well known. In some ways it looked like many other meat-eating dinosaurs It had a large head, many sharp teeth, short arms, powerful back legs, and a long slender tail that balanced its body when it ran. But Acrocanthosaurus had one feature that made it look very different; it had a tall "sail" along its neck, back, and tail. The sail was formed by very tall spines on the bones of the spine (vertebrae). Some of these spines were over a foot tall.It may represent an evolutionary link between the Late Jurassic Allosaurus and the gigantic Early Cretaceous Carcharodontosaurus.It was one of the largest bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs, with one mounted specimen reaching a length of 11.5 meters (38.3 feet) and an estimated weight of 4.16 metric tonnes (4.6 tons). Many of its vertebrae had high neural spines. Scientists have debated why Acrocanthosaurus had a sail along its back. Some think it release...
