GIGANOTOSAURUS CAROLINII - INFO
TIME
Late Cretaceous, Early Cenomanian
LOCATION
Near Villa El Chocón, Neuquén province of Patagonia, Argentina
Candeleros formation
Measurements for this taxa
HOLOTYPE :
Skull
Maximum skull length: 157.2 cm
Maximum skull height (JUG -> PORB): 63.3 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): 1270 cm (12.7 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silhouette) 1301 cm (13.01 m)
Weight
Holotype: 8839 kg - 9021 kg
ABOUT GIGANOTOSAURUS:
Giganotosaurus carolinii is one of the largest theropod dinosaurs, and probably the largest carcharodontosaurid (as of 2022)
