Giganotosaurus
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Superfamily Carnosauria Family: Carcharodontosauridae
Genera
Neovenator Acrocanthosaurus Tyrannotitan Carcharodontosaurus Giganotosaurus

Carcharodontosaurids were enormous bipedal carnivores with grasping hands and clawed digits. The recently discovered Giganotosaurus is considered as the largest known terrestrial carnivores. Various estimates find that it measured somewhere between 12.2 and 13 m (40 and 43 ft) in length, and between 6.5 and 13.3 tons in weight.^[1]

Skull of the Giganotosaurus measures at ~1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) long.

Size comparison of the largest theropods with humans (Spinosaur, Giganotosaur, Carcharodontosaur, Tyrannosaur, Mapusaur).

References

1. ↑ Giganotosaurus by Wikipedia.

• Carnosauria by Wikipedia

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