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Skip to main content Meet the T. rex of Texas that prowled Texas more than 100 million years ago, the Acrocanthosaurus René Guzman, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 The Acrocanthosaurus (A. atokensis) was a deadly bipedal dinosaur in the early Cretaceous period more than 99 million years ago. Its habitat included what is now the I-35 corridor.Warpaintcobra, Contributor / Getty Images/iStockphotoShow MoreShow Less 2of8 This computer-generated illustration of an Acrocanthosaurus shows its humplike back. The name Acrocanthosaurus means “high-spined lizard.”MR1805, Contributor / Getty Images/iStockphotoShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8 In 2012, the life-size Acrocanthosaurus was transported from the Convention Center to its current home at the Witte Museum. Concrete sculptors Thom Hunt and Mark Whitten built the concrete dinosaur that year in San Antonio for the Concrete Decor Show.TOM REEL, STAFF / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow L ....
Skip to main content Currently Reading Meet the T. rex of Texas that prowled the San Antonio area more than 100 million years ago, the Acrocanthosaurus FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 The Acrocanthosaurus (A. atokensis) was a deadly bipedal dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period more than 100 million years ago. Its original North American habitat included the area that’s now San Antonio.Warpaintcobra /Getty Images / iStockphotoShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Workers remove tape from around the Acrocanthosaurus exhibit at the Witte Museum in 2017. Footprints of the dinosaur were found in Government Canyon State Natural Area.Jerry Lara /Staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 3of8 This computer-generated illustration of an Acrocanthosaurus shows its humplike back. The name Acrocanthosaurus means “high-spined lizard.”MR1805 /Getty Images / iStockphotoShow MoreShow Less ....