Altispinax
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Altispinax is a genus of large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Wadhurst Clay Formation of East Sussex, England.
Altispinax
The humped Megalosaurus in Crystal Palace Park, London.
Von Meyer's restoration of Megalosaurus with long neural spines
Foot claw (specimen BMNH 2482) provisionally referred to Altispinax by von Huene in 1926. Natural History Museum, London.
Wadhurst Clay Formation
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The Wadhurst Clay Formation is a geological unit which forms part of the Wealden Group and the middle part of the now unofficial Hastings Beds. These geological units make up the core of the geology of the High Weald in the English counties of West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent.
Wadhurst Clay (grey) exposed at Bexhill Brick Pit
The Top Ashdown Pebble Bed, which marks the base of the Wadhurst Clay in East Sussex
Translational landslip at the boundary of the Wadhurst Clay and Tunbridge Wells Sand near Etchingham
Image: Hypselospinus NT