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Giganotosaurus

Information

Giganotosaurus is known from very fragmentary remains.

Taller and longer but slimmer than Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus lived millions of years earlier and in South America not North America.

Giganotosaurus had 3 fingers on its hands, not 2 like T.rex. It may have hunted Argentinosaurus.

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Fact file

Pronounced

gig-an-OH-toe-SORE-us

Meaning of name

giant southern lizard

Length

  12.5m

Height

  5m

Weight

8000kg

Teeth

long, blade-like and serrated - ideal for slicing

Diet

carnivorous

Food

other animals

How it moved

on 2 legs

When it lived

Early Cretaceous
(112 - 90 million years ago)

Found in

Argentina

Taxonomic details