Meet the T. rex of Texas that prowled the San Antonio area more than 100 million years ago, the Acrocanthosaurus
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 Canyo...