Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
Pronounced:
car-Car-o-Don-to-Sor-us
Diet:
Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means:
"Shark Tooth Lizard"
Length:
46 feet (14 m)
Height:
17 feet (5 m)
Weight: 8
tons (7,200 kilos)
Time: Mid
Cretaceous - 100 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Africa
Carcharodontosaurus
may have been the
largest meat-eating
dinosaur to ever
walk the Earth. This
huge predator lived
in Africa during
much of the
Cretaceous period.
Originally
discovered in the
1920's, it wasn't
until the 1990's
that scientists
found enough of this
dinosaur to figure
out what it looked
like and how big it
actually grew.
Classification of Carcharodontosaurus, as
well as other genera seemingly related to
this dinosaur, is still being studied.
Whether or not this genus belongs in the
allosaur family is the subject of much
discussion. Some scientists also believe
this genus may be the same as
Giganotosaurus. |
