Acrocanthosaurus: The Terror of the West

On this episode of Extinction Files, we'll be covering North America's Early Cretaceous predator, Acrocanthosaurus, the last of the apexes to rule over the continent before the rise of the mighty Tyrannosaurs!

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0:00 Introduction
2:05 Discovery
4:54 Size
5:45 Family
7:19 Ecology & Environment
10:38 Pop Culture
12:43 Extinction & Conclusion
14:33 Outro

MUSIC USED
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"Lone Wolf" - Marika Schanz
"Carcharodontosaurs" -  Dean Grinsfelder & Robert Etoll (Official Dinosaur Planet OST)
"Hard Justice" - Darren Curtis [Royalty Free]
"Old West Conquest (Epic Western)" - Antti Martikainen
Jurassic Park: Builder Battle Theme - Ludia
"Now That This Old World Is Ending" - Dan Romer (Official Far Cry 5 OST)
"Main Theme" - Gareth Coker (Official ARK: Frontier Showdown OST)
"The Trio" - Ennio Morricone

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Drumheller, Stephanie K.; McHugh, Julia B.; Kane, Miriam; Riedel, Anja; D’Amore, Domenic C. (27 May 2020). "High frequencies of theropod bite marks provide evidence for feeding, scavenging, and possible cannibalism in a stressed Late Jurassic ecosystem". PLOS ONE. 15 (5): e0233115. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1533115D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233115. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7252595. PMID 32459808.