Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Becklespinax

Say it beck-el-spien-aks. The name means ‘Beckles spinax’.

Becklespinax beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 5 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Cretaceous142 to 132 million years ago
Fossils found in: England
Named by: Paul (1988)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae

Where Becklespinax sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Found in Britain. Fossils of Becklespinax have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Utahraptor Early Cretaceous
Afrovenator Early Cretaceous
Allosaurus Late Jurassic
Ceratosaurus Late Jurassic
Concavenator Early Cretaceous
Elaphrosaurus Late Jurassic
Marshosaurus Late Jurassic
Saurophaganax Late Jurassic

Source: Becklespinax in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.