Saturday, September 1, 2012

Carcharodontosaurus

This post isn't about a shark, but did anybody know that there was a dinosaur named for one? The name of Carcharodontosaurus actually means "shark-toothed lizard". It lived in Africa in the Cretaceous period about 110-90 million years ago. Believe it or not, it was actually larger than Tyrannosaurus Rex, despite having a smaller and lighter head (Gigantosaurus and Spinosaurus were also larger than T-rex).

Here is an interesting Wikipedia pic comparing five carnivorous theropods (two-legged dinos). Click to zoom in.


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