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2006-06-16 18:20:47 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 in Education & Reference Trivia

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The biggest carnivorous dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous period:
Giganotosaurus carolinii - found in Patagonia, Argentina. 47 feet long (14 m), 8 tons in weight, and 12 feet tall (4 m).
Tyrannosaurus rex - found in North America - 40-50 feet long (12-15 m), 6 tons in weight.
Spinosaurus - found in Africa - 40-50 feet long (12-15 m).
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus - (meaning shark-toothed lizard) found in in Morocco, Africa, by Paul Sereno. It was probably about 45 feet long and had 5 inch long teeth. Its skull (5 feet 4 inches) is larger than T. rex's, but it had a tiny brain cavity (half the size of T. rex's).

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2006-06-16 18:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by ilse72 7 · 4 1

Giganotosaurus CAROLINII
The "CAROLINII", considered the largest carnivorous dinosaur in the world, surpasses the famous Tyranosaurus Rex in size. It was discovered in July, 1993, by Rubén Darío Carolini, present Director of the Villa El Chocón Municipal Museum, in a former lagoon located 18 km to the South of Villa El Chocón.
80% of the fossil material of this specimen has been rescued and is preserved in optimum condition. This carnivore, with reduced fore limbs, biped gait and with three toes in each leg, would measure 13.5 m of length and its hip could reach 4.6 m. It is estimated that it would weigh 9,500 kg when it was alive. Its head would measure 2 m and its longest tooth, 21 cm. This specimen belongs to the Mid Cretaceous from the Mesozoic Era and it dwelled the Plaza Huincul area 90 million years ago.

2006-06-18 11:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by eva s 1 · 0 0

in actuality, the main important carnivorous dinosaur is known to be Spinosaurus, a piscivorous dinosaur from the Cenomanian of Egypt. It attained a length of roughly 15m or 50 ft, extra beneficial than the 12-13m optimal length for T. rex. Giganotosaurus become additionally incredibly extra beneficial than rex, albeit possibly no longer as powerfully armed or muscled. another hteropods--Mapusaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus etc--have been variety of such as T. rex in length.

2016-12-13 16:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Argentinosaurus -- measuring 110-120 feet long and weighing 100 tons -- is the largest dinosaur ever unearthed (roughly 35 percent larger than Brachiosaurus, currently the largest mounted dinosaur)........

2006-06-16 22:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

tyranosaurus rex

2006-06-16 18:23:39 · answer #5 · answered by abimono 4 · 0 1

I think it was the T-Rex.

2006-06-16 18:23:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ms Anonymous 2 · 0 1

mostus giagantus eaturbutus--------well you already had TREX

2006-06-16 18:27:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Your Mother, dumb ***.

2006-06-16 18:24:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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