| Critique |
Acrocanthosauridae was coined by Molnar (2001:342) without explanation in a chapter on bone pathologies in theropods. He mentioned Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, and so one presumes this is a family-level taxon with similar content to that already proposed for Carcharodontosauridae by Sereno et al. (1996). Should the relationships of Acrocanthosaurus be resolved in a very different configuration than in Sereno et al. (1996), the taxon may ultimately have some utility. For now, it is regarded as inactive.
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