Giganotosaurus

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Giganotosaurus was a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur from Late Cretaceous South America, known as one of the largest known terrestrial predators.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Giganotosaurus carolinii 3
Giganotosaurus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carcharodontosaurid ⓘ
carnivorous dinosaur ⓘ
prehistoric reptile ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
bodyPlan large-headed bipedal theropod ⓘ
clade Avetheropoda ⓘ
Carcharodontosauria ⓘ
Dinosauria ⓘ
Tetanurae ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
coexistedWith Andesaurus ⓘ
other large sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
countryOfFossilDiscovery Argentina ⓘ
describedBy Leonardo Salgado ⓘ
Rodolfo Coria ⓘ
linked to: Rodolfo A. Coria
describedYear 1995 ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
discoveryYear 1993 ⓘ
estimatedLength about 12–13 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass about 6–8 metric tons ⓘ
family Carcharodontosauridae ⓘ
linked to: Carnosauria
fossilsFoundInFormation Candeleros Formation ⓘ
geologicalTimeRangeEnd Cenomanian ⓘ
geologicalTimeRangeStart Cenomanian ⓘ
hasReconstructedSkullLength about 1.6–1.8 meters ⓘ
hasTailFunction counterbalance for large head and torso ⓘ
holotypeFoundNear Villa El Chocón ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
livedInAge Cenomanian ⓘ
livedInBasin Neuquén Basin ⓘ
livedInContinent South America ⓘ
livedInEpoch Late Cretaceous epoch ⓘ
livedInEra Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
livedInPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
livedInPresentDayRegion Argentina ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
nameMeaning giant southern lizard ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest known terrestrial predators ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
popularCultureAppearance featured in documentaries about giant carnivorous dinosaurs ⓘ
featured in the film Jurassic World Dominion ⓘ
suborder Theropoda ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
toothType blade-like serrated teeth ⓘ
trophicLevel apex predator ⓘ
typeSpecies Giganotosaurus carolinii ⓘ
linked to: Giganotosaurus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theropoda → includes → Giganotosaurus ⓘ
Giganotosaurus → typeSpecies → Giganotosaurus carolinii ⓘ
linked to: Giganotosaurus
Carnosauria → includesTaxon → Giganotosaurus ⓘ
Carnosauria → notableMember → Giganotosaurus carolinii ⓘ
linked to: Giganotosaurus
Allosauroidea → notableMember → Giganotosaurus carolinii ⓘ
linked to: Giganotosaurus