Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: J. I. Canale, S. Apesteguía, P. A. Gallina, J. Mitchell, N. D. Smith, T. M. Cullen, A. Shinya, A. Haluza, F. A. Gianechini and P. J. Makovicky. 2022. New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction. Current Biology 32(14):3195-3202

Belongs to Meraxes according to J. I. Canale et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMCh-PV 65, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Las Campanas creek, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian floodplain sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Campanas creek

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.