Suspects: Tenontosaurus & Acrocanthosaurus
Dale Winkler
Suspects: Tenontosaurus & Acrocanthosaurus (Real Media)
Tenontosaurus could walk on two legs, but stood on four to eat.
Description - 20 feet, 1 ton, powerful, tail, may have used for defense. An ornithopod, capable of standing on two legs. Known as an ornithopod. Nicknames: "bird foot" or "duck-bill"
Habits - plant eater. Teeth of Deinonyshcus often seen with bones of Tenontosaurus.
Last seen - Early Cretaceous, 110 - 105 million years ago, Central Texas.
Acrocanthosaurus standing on two feet
Name - Acrocanthosaurus
Description - 30 feet, 3 tons, very sharp serrated teeth,
powerful front forelimbs and sharp claws, spiny ridge along
back.
Habits - meat-eater, may also have been a scavenger.
Last seen -Early Cretaceous, about 105 million years
ago, Central Texas.
