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Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus is a dinosaur genus represented here by Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.

Explore this branch Parent: Carcharodontosauridae

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100.5–93.9 MaDataset range

Definition

Evolutionary importance

Carcharodontosaurus is a dinosaur genus represented here by Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.

A clade contains an ancestor and all of its descendants. The exact membership of Carcharodontosaurus can differ between published analyses, particularly where fossils are incomplete or character interpretations change.

Name meaning: Reliable information is currently unavailable.

Branch structure

Immediate descendants

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Carcharodontosaurus

Art by TotalDino · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

A giant North African predator defined chiefly by lost Algerian teeth and a huge partial Moroccan skull, with blade-like serrated teeth and a complicated taxonomic history.

carnivore~12 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Morocco · Algeria

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Scientific uncertainty

No specific uncertainty note is currently recorded. This does not mean every interpretation is settled.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the Dinosauria Dinosaur Paleobiology