Dinosaur Bone Fossil Charcharodontosaurus Vertebrae Kem Kem Formation & Display
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Carcharodontosaurusincludes some of the longest and heaviest known carnivorous dinosaurs, withvarious scientists proposing length estimates for the species C. saharicusranging between 12 and 13.3 m (39 and 44 ft) and weight estimates between 6.2and 15.1 metric tons Carcharodontosauruswere carnivores, with enormous jaws and long, serrated teeth up to eight incheslong. A skull length of about ...1.6 meters (5.2 ft) has been restored for C.saharicus, and the skull of C. iguidensis is reported to have been about thesame size.[6] Currently, the largest-known theropod skull belongs to anotherhuge carcharodontosaurid dinosaur, the closely related Giganotosaurus (withskull length estimates up to 1.95 m) (6.4 ft).[7] Gregory S. Paul estimatesCarcharodontosaurus iguidensis at 10 m (33 ft) and 4 t (4.4 short tons.