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Reconstruction of Carcharodontosaurus, with anatomy after Sereno et al. (1996) and body proportions from related carcharodontosaurids.图片来源：Fred Wierum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing)CC BY-SA 4.0（未修改）来源（在新标签页中打开）

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

读音： kar-KAR-oh-DON-toh-SORE-us sah-HAR-ih-kus

Tetanurae · Carcharodontosauridae

A giant predator from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa with a skull about 1.6 m long and serrated, shark-like teeth. Its first skeleton was destroyed in Munich in 1944; a skull found in Morocco in 1995 replaced it.

  • Bipedal
  • Giant
  • Apex predator
对比
时代
白垩纪· 塞诺曼阶
食性
肉食性
体长
12–12.5 m
体重
5,000–7,000 kg
地点
Morocco, Egypt, Africa

快速问答

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus有多大？
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus体长约12–12.5 m。髋部高约2.8–3.3 m。体重约5–7 t。 (Wikipedia: Carcharodontosaurus 2026; Paul 2016)
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus生活在什么时候？
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus生活在晚白垩世，约1.005亿至9390万年前。 (Ibrahim et al. 2020; Paleobiology Database: Carcharodontosaurus oc… 2026)
在哪里发现过Carcharodontosaurus saharicus的化石？
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus的化石发现于Kem Kem Group (Morocco)和Bahariya Formation (Egypt)。 (Sereno et al. 1996; Brusatte & Sereno 2007)
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus吃什么？
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus是肉食性。 (Sereno et al. 1996; Brusatte & Sereno 2007)
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus由谁命名，何时命名？
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus由Charles Depéret & Justin Savornin于1925年描述。 (Ibrahim et al. 2020; Brusatte & Sereno 2007)

本页内容

时代
白垩纪100.5–93.9 Ma
食性
肉食性
体长
12–12.5 m
体重
5–7 t
产地
Morocco, Egypt, Africa
分类
Tetanurae · Carcharodontosauridae
命名
1925, Charles Depéret & Justin Savornin

概览

此内容目前仅提供英文版。

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus lived in North Africa in the Cenomanian, about 100 to 94 million years ago, alongside Spinosaurus in a land of rivers and deltas. Charles Depéret and Justin Savornin named it Megalosaurus saharicus in 1925 from teeth found in Algeria; Ernst Stromer created the genus Carcharodontosaurus in 1931 from a partial skull and skeleton collected in 1914 by his assistant Richard Markgraf in Egypt.

Stromer's specimen was destroyed in 1944 during World War II; only a cast of its braincase survives. In 1995 Paul Sereno's team found a more complete skull in the Douira Formation of the Kem Kem region, Morocco, which became the reference specimen of the species.

Its skull was about 1.6 m long, among the longest of any meat-eating dinosaur, with blade-like teeth whose wrinkled enamel recalls a great white shark. Sereno and colleagues (1996) used it to show that carcharodontosaurids formed a widespread family of giant predators across the southern continents.

名称含义

"Shark-toothed lizard", from Greek karcharos ("jagged"), odous ("tooth") and sauros ("lizard"), after the great white shark Carcharodon (Stromer 1931); saharicus for the Sahara.

生物学与证据

科学家对这种动物生活方式的看法，以及每种观点的证据有多充分。

其他

  • Carcharodontosaurids were a widespread family of giant predators on the southern continents.

    证据等级：中等证据

    Close relatives such as Giganotosaurus in South America show the family spread before Africa became isolated.

    支持 / 反对证据 · 1
    支持证据

    • 系统发育推断 · Carcharodontosaurid radiation analysis

      Comparison of the Kem Kem theropods with others shows a previously unrecognised global radiation of carcharodontosaurids.

  • The first Carcharodontosaurus skeleton was destroyed in World War II.

    证据等级：直接证据

    Stromer's specimen in Munich was destroyed in 1944, which is why a new reference specimen was chosen from Morocco.

    支持 / 反对证据 · 1
    支持证据

    • 其他 · Loss of Stromer's Carcharodontosaurus

      Stromer's skull and skeleton from Bahariya were destroyed in 1944; only the braincase endocast survives.

      标本： MB.R.2056

  • Carcharodontosaurus had one of the longest skulls of any meat-eating dinosaur.

    证据等级：中等证据

    Its skull is reconstructed at about 1.4 to 1.6 m from an incomplete specimen, in the same range as Giganotosaurus and Tyrannosaurus.

    支持 / 反对证据 · 1
    支持证据

    • 标本 · Carcharodontosaurus neotype skull

      A partial skull reconstructed at about 1.6 m long, referable to Carcharodontosaurus.

      标本： UCRC PV12

体型

体长
12–12.5 m

（41 英尺）

身高
3 m文献范围 2.8–3.3 m

（9.8 英尺）

体重
5,000–7,000 kg
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus 体长约 12.5 米（41 英尺），约为身高 1.8 米的成年人的 6.9 倍。

时间线

生活在约 100.5 至 93.9 百万年前（Ma），属于中生代（252–66 Ma）。

时代： 塞诺曼阶 (100.5–93.9 Ma), 晚白垩世 (100.5–66 Ma)

Cenomanian stage bounds; the Kem Kem Group is Cenomanian (Ibrahim et al. 2020) and PBDB dates the neotype locality to the early Cenomanian.

产地

地层

地图数据：Natural Earth（公有领域）。显示的是现代位置，而非当时大陆的位置。

这些是发现化石的地点，而不是该动物生活的全部范围。

生态系统

生活于： Kem Kem and Bahariya

100.5–93.9 百万年前 · 河流水系, 三角洲, 沿海平原, 沼泽 / 湿地

Cenomanian river systems and deltas along the northern edge of Africa, rich in large fish and crocodyliforms and remarkable for having several giant predatory theropods at once, with comparatively few herbivores preserved.

同一生态系统

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

白垩纪· 塞诺曼阶肉食性食鱼性

分类

  1. 演化支Dinosauria
  2. 演化支Saurischia
  3. 演化支Theropoda
  4. 演化支Tetanurae
  5. 总科Allosauroidea
  6. 科Carcharodontosauridae
  7. 属Carcharodontosaurus
  8. 种Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

分类地位： 有效

化石记录

Skull of Carcharodontosaurus, over 1.5 m long, on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.图片来源：Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Royal Ontario MuseumCC BY-SA 2.0（未修改）来源（在新标签页中打开）
标本
编号类型收藏机构发现年份
UCRC PV12新模标本University of Chicago Research Collection (UCRC)1995
MB.R.2056标本Museum für Naturkunde (MB)1914

已发现的部分

新模标本: UCRC PV12

  • 保存
  • 部分保存
  • 复原
  • 未知 / 未记录

新模标本: UCRC PV12

按部位查看（表格）
新模标本: UCRC PV12 的骨骼部位
部位状态
Skull部分保存 · Braincase, maxilla, nasal, lacrimal and jugal figured by Ibrahim et al. 2020.
Mandible未知 / 未记录
Teeth部分保存
Cervical vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Dorsal vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Sacrum未知 / 未记录
Caudal vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Ribs未知 / 未记录
Gastralia未知 / 未记录
Scapula / shoulder girdle未知 / 未记录
Humerus未知 / 未记录
Forearm (radius / ulna)未知 / 未记录
Hand (manus)未知 / 未记录
Pelvis未知 / 未记录
Femur未知 / 未记录
Tibia / fibula未知 / 未记录
Foot (pes)未知 / 未记录

标本: MB.R.2056

按部位查看（表格）
标本: MB.R.2056 的骨骼部位
部位状态
Skull部分保存 · Endocast only.
Mandible未知 / 未记录
Teeth未知 / 未记录
Cervical vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Dorsal vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Sacrum未知 / 未记录
Caudal vertebrae未知 / 未记录
Ribs未知 / 未记录
Gastralia未知 / 未记录
Scapula / shoulder girdle未知 / 未记录
Humerus未知 / 未记录
Forearm (radius / ulna)未知 / 未记录
Hand (manus)未知 / 未记录
Pelvis未知 / 未记录
Femur未知 / 未记录
Tibia / fibula未知 / 未记录
Foot (pes)未知 / 未记录
Skull reconstruction of the Carcharodontosaurus saharicus neotype UCRC PV12; known bones in white, missing parts restored after related carcharodontosaurids.图片来源：Eotyrannu5, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing)CC BY-SA 4.0（未修改）来源（在新标签页中打开）

全部标本

发现

命名年份
1925
命名者
Charles Depéret & Justin Savornin
模式标本
UCRC PV12 (neotype)

发现时间线

  1. 1925 · 正式命名

    Depéret and Savornin name Megalosaurus saharicus

    Two teeth from Algeria are named as a species of Megalosaurus.

  2. 1931 · 更名

    Stromer names Carcharodontosaurus

    Stromer places the species in a new genus based on a skull and skeleton from Bahariya, Egypt.

    人物：Ernst Stromer, Richard Markgraf

  3. 1944 · 修订

    Carcharodontosaurus skeleton destroyed in Munich

    Stromer's specimen is lost in World War II.

  4. 1995 · 标本出土

    Sereno's team finds a Carcharodontosaurus skull in Morocco

    A more complete skull is found in the Kem Kem region.

    人物：Paul C. Sereno

参考文献

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  2. (2026). Wikipedia: Carcharodontosaurus. Wikipedia (English), accessed 2026-09-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharodontosaurus（在新标签页中打开）
  3. Brusatte, S. L. & Sereno, P. C. (2007). A new species of Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Niger and a revision of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4): 902-916. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[902:ANSOCD]2.0.CO;2（在新标签页中打开）
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