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Giganotosaurus was a South American Carcharodontosaurid of the Albian or Early Cenomanian stage of the middle Cretaceous.

Illustration of Giganotosaurus hunting ornithopods

Facts[]

The skull could measure in excess of 160 cm long , making it one of the largest of any theropod. Giganotosaurus along with Carcharodontosaurus, Mapusaurus, and Tyrannotitan forms a family of dinosaurs called Carcharodontosauridae. Giganotosaurus and Mapusaurus have been put into a sub-family called Giganotosaurinae. It's name is often misspelled "Gigantosaurus".

In other media[]

Giganotosaurus was shown as the predator of juvenile Argintinosaurus in the special, chased by dinosaurs, Land of the Giants.

Stats[]

Name means: giant southern lizard

Pronouciation: Gig-a-not-o-saur-us

length: 13/13.2 meters (42/43 feet)

height: 3.8 to 4.5 metres (12 to 15 feet)

weight: 6-10 tonnes

When: around 118 to 90 mya

Where: South America

Diet: Tianosaurs, Ornithchians.

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