About 110 million years ago, in what’s now the western United States, a massive predator prowled the land. This was Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, the butcher of the Cloverly Formation, and the original megapredator of North America.

00:00 Introduction
02:08 Acrocanthosaurus - the OG Megapredator of North America
04:39 Skull and skeleton
07:41 Classification
10:56 The Beast Behind the Bones: The Biology of Acrocanthosaurus
12:55 How Acrocanthosaurus Fit Into Its Ecosystem
15:00 Acro’s South American Cousin
18:00 Acrocanthosaurus Vs T. rex

Sources:

1. www.researchgate.net/publication/50892373_New_Info…
2. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-the-steps…
3. www.bhigr.com/acrocanthosaurus/
4. thedinosaurs.org/dinosaurs/acrocanthosaurus

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