Becklespinax

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DV-0341Theropods

Becklespinax

DV-0341

Lived
139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 5 m (16 ft)
Group
Theropods
Named by
Olshevsky 1991

Field notes

About Becklespinax

Becklespinax was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago.

It was named by Olshevsky in 1991.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.

To scale

How big was Becklespinax?

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Becklespinax: about 5 m (16 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Close relatives

Other members of Tetanurae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196