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Mapusaurus
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This dinosaur may have hunted in packs and lived in family groups. Mapusaurus may have been larger than Giganotosaurus, making it the largest meat eating dinosaur found so far.
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- Pronounced
- mah-puh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Earth (Mapuche language, Patagonia) lizard
- Length
- about 13m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(99 - 94 million years ago) - Found in
- Argentina
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Allosauridae, Charcharodontosauridae, Giganotosaurinae, Mapusaurus
- Named by
- Coria and Currie (2006)
- Type species
- roseae