Giganotosaurus Facts
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Name
Means
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"Giant
lizard of the south" |
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Type
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Carnivore/predator |
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Lived
When
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Early Cretaceous (144-99 million years ago) |
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Weight
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up
to 8.8 tons |
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Height
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23
feet at head |
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Length
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46
feet |
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Weapons
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Dagger-like
teeth with serrated edges (like a saw) |
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Diet
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Meat
(plant eaters, and lots of them!) |
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Habitat
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Argentina,
and maybe other parts of South America |
Interesting
Giganotosaurus
Facts
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Giganotosaurus
was even bigger than T-Rex! It was the largest meat eating dinosaur
on land.
Its
jaws were large enough to swallow an adult human whole! It's also
possible these giants hunted in packs. (As if one wasn't scary enough!)
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Giganotosaurus was even bigger than T-Rex!
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Q: Has a Giganotosaurus ever eaten a human being?
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Find
more giganotosaurus facts at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus
and
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
dinos/trex/Trexgiga.shtml
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