Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Full reference: R. A. Coria and L. Salgado. 1995. A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 377:224-226
Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014
See also Allain 2005, Brusatte et al. 2009, Brusatte and Sereno 2007, Calvo 1999, Canale et al. 2013, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Carrano et al. 2012, Coria 1998, Coria and Currie 2006, Coria and Salgado 1995, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Currie and Carpenter 2000, Furtado et al. 2013, Holtz 1996, Holtz 2000, Holtz et al. 2004, Hutchinson and Padian 1997, Lamanna et al. 2002, Larsson 1996, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2005, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut 2003, Sanz et al. 2014, Sereno 1997, Sereno et al. 1996 and Sereno et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Concavenator, Eocarcharia, Kelmayisaurus, Lajasvenator, Mapusaurus, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Unquillosaurus, Veterupristisaurus
Subtaxa: Giganotosaurus carolinii
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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