Mapusaurus
Carcharodontosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mapusaurus (lit. 'Earth lizard') was a giant carcharodontosaurid carnosaurian dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous (early Turonian stage), approximately 93.9 to 89.6 million years ago, of what is now Argentina.
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Mapusaurus | |
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Reconstructed skeletons of an adult and a juvenile (left) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Carcharodontosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Carcharodontosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Giganotosaurini |
Genus: | †Mapusaurus Coria & Currie, 2006 |
Type species | |
†Mapusaurus roseae Coria & Currie, 2006 |
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