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