Very HardMeraxes
Meraxes gigas
meh-RAX-eez· “Meraxes (a dragon)”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Carcharodontosauridae
11 m
Length
3.5 m
Height
4 t
Weight
A giant shark-toothed predator with, surprisingly, tiny T. rex-like arms — showing that different huge hunters shrank their arms independently.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~95–90 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
Juan Canale, 2022
Did you know?
- It is named after a dragon from Game of Thrones.
- It was a giant predator with tiny arms, just like T. rex.
- Its tiny arms evolved separately from those of T. rex.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.