Very HardCarcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
kar-KAR-oh-DON-toh-SORE-us· “shark-toothed lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Carcharodontosauridae
12.5 m
Length
4 m
Height
7 t
Weight
One of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever, with blade-like teeth serrated like a shark's. It prowled the rivers of North Africa alongside Spinosaurus.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~99–94 million years ago
Found in
Morocco
Discovered
Ernst Stromer, 1931
Did you know?
- Its name means 'shark-toothed lizard' after its serrated, blade-like teeth.
- It rivalled T. rex and Spinosaurus as one of the biggest land predators ever.
- Its original fossils were destroyed when a museum was bombed in World War II.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.