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NAME: | Meaning - Giganotosaurus means "giant southern lizard" Pronounced - jig-a-NOT-oh-SAWR-us Named By - Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado When Named - 1995 |
DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) - it ate large, plant-eating dinosaurs. |
SIZE: | Length - 44-46 ft (13.5-14.3 m) long Height - 13 ft (3.9 m) tall at the hips Weight - 8 tons |
WHEN IT LIVED: | Middle Cretaceous period, about 110-95 million years ago |
WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Patagonia region of Argentina (in southern Argentina, South America). |
FOSSILS: | What has been Found - It is known from fossil skeletons. Who Found the Fossils - Giganotosaurus was first found by Ruben Carolini (hence the species name, G. carolinii ) in 1994. |
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INTERESTING FACTS: |
Giganotosaurus was longer than T. rex! |
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