Carcharodontosaurus

Late Cretaceous (99-94 Ma)CarnivoreTheropoda
PeriodLate Cretaceous (99-94 Ma)
DietCarnivore
Length12.5 m
Weight7,000 kg
LocationNorth Africa
ClassificationTheropoda

About Carcharodontosaurus

Named for teeth like those of a great shark, up to 20 cm long. Among the largest carnivorous dinosaurs, comparable to Giganotosaurus and Spinosaurus. Its brain was only about half the mass of a T. rex brain despite similar body size. Original fossils were destroyed in World War II and new ones surfaced decades later.

Size

12.5 m longArgentinosaurus: 35 m

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