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Comparing Carcharodontosaurus saharicus and Giganotosaurus carolinii.

Drawn to one scale, overlapping on a shared ground line, with a 1.8 m human on the right. Carcharodontosaurus saharicus: 12.5 m long · 3 m hip height. Giganotosaurus carolinii: 13.2 m long · 3.3 m hip height. Carcharodontosaurus saharicus is 0.9× the length of Giganotosaurus carolinii.Silhouettes: Carcharodontosaurus saharicus · Martin Kevil, CC BY 3.0, via PhyloPic · CC BY 3.0; Giganotosaurus carolinii · Tasman Dixon, CC0 1.0, via PhyloPic · CC0 1.0; Human · Cagri CEVRIM · CC0 1.0
Fred Wierum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Period
Cretaceous· Cenomanian
Age
100.5–93.9 Ma
Diet
Carnivore
Length
12–12.5 m
Height
2.8–3.3 m
Mass
5–7 t
Found in
Kem Kem Group, Bahariya Formation, Morocco, Egypt, Africa
Classification
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tetanurae › Allosauroidea › Carcharodontosauridae › Carcharodontosaurus › Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
Year described
1925
TotalDino, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Period
Cretaceous· Cenomanian
Age
100.5–93.9 Ma
Diet
Carnivore
Length
12.5–13.2 m
Height
3–3.6 m
Mass
6–8 t
Found in
Candeleros Formation, Argentina, Neuquén Province
Classification
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tetanurae › Allosauroidea › Carcharodontosauridae › Giganotosaurus › Giganotosaurus carolinii
Year described
1995