| Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. |
|||
|
$20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card) |
$20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal) |
$20.00/year or other amount (for sending a check by mail) |
$20.00/year or other amount (for subscribing by school purchase order) |
| As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. | |||
| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Carcharodontosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Carcharodontosaurus means "shark-toothed lizard" Pronounced - kahr-KAR-o-DON-to-SAW-us Named By - Stromer When Named - 1931 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater). Carcharodontosaurus was a large, fierce predator that could kill even large sauropods; Carcharodontosaurus may also have been a scavenger. |
| SIZE: | Length - 26-44 feet (8-14 m) long Height - 12 ft (3.6 m) tall at the hips Weight - 6-8 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Middle Cretaceous period, about 110 to 90 million years ago. |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in North Africa. |
| FOSSILS: | Carcharodontosaurus was first known from an incomplete North African skull and a few bones found by Depret and Savornin in 1927 (originally called Megalosaurus saharicus). These fossils were destroyed during World War II. In 1996, Paul Sereno and his team found another Carcharodontosaurus in North Africa; it was even larger than the older specimen. |
| CLASSIFICATION: |
|
| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Carcharodontosaurus was a huge meat eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. This North African carnosaur had a massive tail, a bulky body, and heavy bones. Its arms were short and had three-fingered hands with sharp claws. Although Carcharodontosaurus was larger than T. rex, its brain was smaller. Carcharodontosaurus was closely related to Giganotosaurus but not to T. rex. Carcharodontosaurus was a more primitive dinosaur than T. rex. |
|