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tosaurus

 

Giganotosaurus Facts

Name Means
"Giant lizard of the south"
Type
Carnivore/predator
Lived When
Early Cretaceous (144-99 million years ago)
Weight
up to 8.8 tons
Height
23 feet at head
Length
46 feet
Weapons
Dagger-like teeth with serrated edges (like a saw)
Diet
Meat (plant eaters, and lots of them!)
Habitat
Argentina, and maybe other parts of South America

Interesting
Giganotosaurus
Facts

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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Deinonychus Dilophosaurus Dimorphodon
Diplocaulus Dromaeosaurus Elasmosaurus
Giganotosaurus Hesperonis Ichthyosaurus
Kronosaurus Liopleurodon Nothosaurus
Ornithomimus Oviraptor Ornitholestes
Pliosaur Protoceratops Plesiosaur
Quetzacoatlus Saltopus Pterodactyl
Stegosaurus T-Rex Spinosaurus
Trilobite Troodon Triceratops
Utahraptor Velociraptor Yangchuanosaurus

 


Giganotosaurus, giant of the predators
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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