Acrocanthosaurus

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Acrocanthosaurus
Name meaning	High-Spined Lizard
Code name	Acro
Diet	Carnivore
Height	5 meters (16 feet)
Length	12 meters (40 feet)
Weight	5-7 tons
Location	Paluxy River, Texas, USA
Range	Isla Sorna
Game appearances	Warpath: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park Institute Tour: Dinosaur Rescue Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Jurassic Park III: Park Builder Jurassic Park: Explorer Jurassic Park: Builder

Acrocanthosaurus was an allosaurid theropod dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period in North America, with a particularly tall spine column, giving it a similar appearance to the spinosaurids of the same time period. Unlike spinosaurids, who were riverine hunters with semi-aquatic hunting behaviors, Acrocanthosaurus was a heavy built predator that preferred slow moving prey and carrion over other meat. Foot prints of Acrocanthosaurus can be seen publicly in Glen Rose, Texas. A complete skeleton is on display in Idabel, Oklahoma.

Wikipedia has a more detailed and comprehensive article on Acrocanthosaurus

Jurassic Park Series

Acrocanthosaurus hasn't appeared in the novels of Crichton or the movies, but the creature does appear in many Jurassic Park inspired games.

Jurassic Park inspired games

• Acrocanthosaurus is a playable dinosaur in the game, Warpath: Jurassic Park. It has the same moves as the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Cryolophosaurus. It has 3 colors: green, brown, and white-orange.

• Acrocanthosaurus has appeared in Jurassic Park Institute Tour: Dinosaur Rescue, where it provided a JP logo bonus score for the player Velociraptor in the fifth minigame, Take Meat.

• Acrocanthosaurus appears in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, as a four-star large carnivore. It is often used in carnivore dominance duels, in which the character playing the game pits two large carnivores against each other in a high-stakes fight over territory. Females, at least, are highly territorial. Acrocanthosaurus can coexist and become friendly with another 4-star carnivore, Carcharodontosaurus, as shown on its page. This maybe because both Acrocanthosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus are carcharodontosaurids.

• Acrocanthosaurus is a carnivore three that can be created in Jurassic Park III: Park Builder.

• Acrocanthosaurus is featured in the DVD game Jurassic Park: Explorer. A player earns a dinosaur when he/she wins a minigame, when the earned dinosaur is an Acrocanthosaurus this video will be shown.

• Acrocanthosaurus is one of the available dinosaurs on the IOS application, Jurassic Park: Builder.

Trivia

• Acrocanthosaurus was once classified as a spinosaurid, but it was reclassified as a carcharodontosaurid.
• Though most paleontologists agree it was a sail on its back, some theorize it was a hump of fat like that of a camel.
• The Acrocanthosaurus in JPOG looks similar to the one in Dinosaur King.
• Despite its favorite prey being Parasaurolophus, the two species lived in different stages of the Cretaceous and never encountered each other.

Gallery

Acrocanthosaurus from JPOG.

Acrocanthosaurus from Warpath: Jurassic Park.

Acrocanthosaurus from Jurassic Park III: Park Builder

Acrocanthosaurus on the Jurassic Park Institute.

Acrocanthosaurus in Jurassic Park: Builder.