Carcharodontosaurus -- The Dinosauricon

	*Carcharodontosaurus* "shark-toothed lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Carcharodontosaurus Stromer, 1931
a.k.a Carcharadontosaurus, Carcharodonsaurus, Carchrodontosaurus

TYPE SPECIES:

C. saharicus (Dep�ret & Savornin, 1925) Stromer, 1931 (originally Megalosaurus) "the Sahara Desert's shark-toothed lizard"

Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Carnosauria
Allosauridae

see also: Genus Index, Classification

REMAINS

isolated teeth, partial skeletons
braincase
anterior part of dentary

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Carcharodontosaurus has been known for a while from scrappy remains, but only in recent years have new finds shown what a huge creature it was, rivalling Tyrannosaurus and other carcharodontosaurines as one of the largest land predators of all time.

A recently unearthed Carcharodontosaurus specimen was reported to have the largest head of any theropod, although it seems that the skull was reconstructed too long. A realistic estimate for head length is 153 cm, which is less than Giganotosaurus' 165 cm.

IMAGES

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BRETT BOOTH Pencil		*Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus*

BRENDAN SMITH Photography		the impressive skull of a *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus* (with human for scale)

JORDAN MALLON Pencil		giant predator *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus*

SHIRAISHI MINEO Digital (Two-Dimensional)		huge predator *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus*

ERIK C. OMTVEDT Pencil		Delinquents: Juvenile *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus* harass an aging *Spinosaurus* as it defends its kill.

TODD MARSHALL Pencil		An enormous *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus* emerges from the shadows.

JULIUS CSOTONYI Ink		Phaoraohs of their day, *Spinosaurus* *aegyptiacus* (left) and *Carcharodontosaurus* *saharicus* (right) flank a panicking *Aegyptosaurus* *baharijensis* (center) in Early Cretaceous Egypt.