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Carcharodontosaurus (Stromer,1931)
> C.
saharicus (Deperet
& Savornin,1927) =
Megalosaurus
saharicus (Deperet
& Savornin,1927) Megalosaurus
africanus (Huene,1956)
Fragmentary skull with associated postcrania, isolated teeth
isolated postcrania, Carcharodontosaurus
saharicus, or "shark-toothed reptile from the Sahara." A
team of theUniversity of Chicago lead by paleontologist Paul Sereno
discovered the skull of Carchorodontosaurus.
With a length of about five feet, four inches, the skull
rivals in size the largest known skull of Tyrannosaurus
rex. The brain cavity of the newly found skull is
well-preserved and only half the volume of that known for T.
rex. |