Acrocanthosaurus (Dinosaur King)

A former second species of Acrocanthosaurus, A. altispinax, was renamed Becklespinax. While it is likely carcharodontosaurid, some scientists think it could instead be part of the more basal (primitive) Allosauridae.

General Statistics

 * Name: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
 * Name Meaning: High-Spined Lizard
 * Diet: Carnivore
 * Length: 11-12 meters (36-40 feet)
 * Time Period: Early/Middle Cretaceous
 * Classification: Allosauroidea --> Carcharodontosauridae
 * Location: Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Maryland, Florida USA
 * Describer: Stovall and Langston, 1950

Arcade

 * Attribute: Fire
 * Sign: Paper
 * Power: 1400
 * Technique: 700
 * Attack:
 * Paper (Critical): 550
 * Scissors/Paper: 500
 * Types:
 * Defense Type (Japanese 1st - 6th Ed; English & Taiwanese Series 1)
 * Blitz Type (Japanese 2007 3rd Ed; English & Taiwanese S2 3rd Ed)
 * Revival Type (Japanese 2007 4th Ed & 4th Ed+; English & Taiwanese S2 4th Ed)
 * Hunter Type (Japanese Gekizan 3rd Edition)
 * Lethal Type (Japanese Kakushin 2nd Edition)
 * Arcade Nickname/Catchcopy:
 * Japanese: 北米の畏怖
 * English: The North American Terror
 * Taiwanese: 北美的恐懼
 * Altered Form: Super Alpha Acrocanthosaurus

Availability

 * Japanese:
 * 2nd Edition (New; 010-竜)
 * 3rd Edition (008-竜)
 * 2006 Rainy Season Limited Edition (008-竜)
 * 4th Edition (010-竜; Defense Type)
 * 5th Edition (012; Defense Type)
 * 2006 Winter Season Limited Edition (013; Defense Type)
 * 6th Edition (015; Defense Type)
 * 2007 3rd Edition (012; Blitz Type)
 * 2007 4th Edition & 4th Edition+ (Fossil Card; KS005; Revival Type)
 * Non-sale Fire's Egg (EGG-005)
 * Gekizan 3rd Edition (002; Hunter Type)
 * Kakushin 4th Edition (004; Lethal Type)
 * English:
 * 1st Edition (New; 010)
 * 2nd Edition (008; Defense Type)
 * 3rd Edition (012; Defense Type)
 * 2008 Special Edition (015-Dino; Defense Type)
 * 4th Edition (013; Defense Type)
 * 5th Edition (015-Dino; Defense Type)
 * Series 2 3rd Edition (012-Dino; Blitz Type)
 * Series 2 4th Edition (Fossil Card; KS005-Dino; Revival Type)
 * Taiwanese:
 * 2nd Edition (New; 008; Defense Type)
 * 2008 Special Edition (015-Dino; Defense Type)
 * 3rd Edition (013; Defense Type)
 * 4th Edition (015-Dino; Defense Type)
 * Series 2 3rd Edition (012-Dino; Blitz Type)
 * Series 2 4th Edition (Fossil Card; KS005-Dino; Revival Type)
 * Non-sale Fire's Egg (EGG-005)

Anime

 * Attribute: Fire
 * Owner: Zander (Alpha Gang), Max Taylor (D-Team)
 * Name: Acro (Japanese)
 * Debut: Volcanic Panic
 * Other: Acrocanthosaurus was shown to have missed its family. It was altered into the only Alpha Dinosaur to appear in the anime.
 * Altered Form: Super Alpha Acrocanthosaurus

TCG

 * Attribute: Fire
 * Sign: Scissors
 * Power: 1500
 * Abilities:
 * Combo Bite (Prowling Acrocanthosaurus)
 * When this Dinosaur uses a Super Move and wins the battle, your opponent loses 1 extra Life Point.


 * Frightening: 2 (Berserk Acrocanthosaurus)
 * Neither player can Dino Slash a level 2 or lower Dinosaur.

DS Game

 * Attribute: Fire
 * Other: Zander uses one which is later altered into Alpha Acrocanthosaurus.

Anime
He first appeared in Volcanic Panic where he was activated by a cooking fire. It wandered around the nearby resort before swimming to the dormant Mt. Devon volcano to find fossils of his family (who are also seen in a flashback). However, after a three-way battle between Acrocanthosaurus, Terry, and Chomp, the Alpha Gang got their hands on its card after Terry defeated him with Volcano Burst and Dr. Taylor made the D-Team run away, thinking the volcano was erupting when the eruptions were actually only happening in the battlefield.

In the next episode, Acrocanthosaurus was turned into Alpha Acrocanthosaurus by Dr. Z with his Super Alpha Controller. This alteration caused him to have searing-hot skin and be able to breathe fire without the use of a Move Card. He went on a rampage near the outskirts of the D-Team's home town, causing a gas station to explode by simply walking near it! He easily defeated Paris and Chomp. Then, (temporarily) overcoming his fear of water, Ace used Cyclone to suck up sea water and form a "Hurricane" attack, defeating Alpha Acrocanthosaurus. It's card was reclaimed by Max.

Later appearances of an unaltered Acrocanthosaurus occurred in Carnival of Chaos, during a flashback to the Cretaceous in Tricks of the Traitor, and aboard the Space Pirates' ship being released by Dr. Drake to distract the Gel Jark guards and allow the kidnapped parents to escape.

Trivia

 * Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
 * Japanese: 大型の肉食恐竜だ. 首とせなかがひれのように高くもり上がっているところがとくちょうだ.
 * English: A large carnivore. It has high spines along its neck and back.
 * It is the fifth Fossil Card Dinosaur.
 * Along with Along with Tyrannosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Torvosaurus, Daspletosaurus,  Acrocanthosaurus , Alioramus, Giganotosaurus and Yangchuanosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in Japanese and Taiwanese non-sale Fire's Egg.
 * In the arcade, Acrocanthosaurus shared the same roar with Seismosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus, though Pachycephalosaurus' roar has little bit different.
 * In the original Japanese version, the Acrocanthosaurus was coined as a female, while in the English dub, it was changed to male, a regular occurrence in the dub.
 * Although it had been altered into its Alpha form several episodes earlier and never changed back, a regular Acrocanthosaurus appears in Carnival of Chaos under the Alpha Gang's control (but since there is also no explanation as to how the Alpha Gang got all of those dinosaurs in the first place, as at that time the D-Team possessed all but Terry, Spiny, and Tank, this discrepancy is unsurprising).
 * Acrocanthosaurus has known by far to be the first Early Cretaceous theropod to be discovered in both Florida and Washington D.C.
 * Acrocanthosaurus is the only Fire Dinosaur in Series 1 to not to have used a Move Card (although later when he became Alpha Acrocanthosaurus, he could use a fire blast ability just like a Move Card but without an actual card).

Gallery
Acrocanthosaurus card (Japanese Kakushin 2nd Edition)

Acrocanthosaurus card (English 1st Edition)

Acrocanthosaurus card (English 5th Edition)

Dino Data File of Acrocanthosaurus (English 5th Edition)

Acrocanthosaurus Fossil Card (English Series 2 4th Edition)

Dino Data File of Acrocanthosaurus (English Series 2 4th Edition Fossil Card)

Acrocanthosaurus card (Taiwanese 4th Edition)

Acrocanthosaurus TCG Card

Prowling Acrocanthosaurus TCG Card

Berserk Acrocanthosaurus TCG Card

Acrocanthosaurus anime card

Juvenile Acrocanthosaurus (from flashback)

Velociraptors attack Acrocanthosaurus

Acrocanthosaurus on NagoyaTV

Acrocanthosaurus chibi

Acrocanthosaurus skeleton

Acrocanthosaurus mini-figure

seeming Acrocanthosaurus chibi from Carnival of Chaos