Was Giganotosaurus the biggest dinosaur?
First described in a 1995 study (opens in new tab) in the journal Nature, Giganotosaurus was, at the time, thought to be the largest carnivorous dinosaur. The specimen analyzed was up to 41 feet long (12.5 meters) from head to tail, and weighed between 6.6 and 8.8 tons (6 to 8 metric tons), the researchers estimated.
What does a Giganotosaurus do?
Giganotosaurus was one of the biggest! These massive dinosaurs were meat eaters (carnivores) eating other cretaceous dinosaurs. It is thought they may have hunted in packs.
What is the bite force of a Giganotosaurus?
8,000 lbs
Comparison chart
| Giganotosaurus | |
|---|---|
| Teeth | Sharp, continually replaced 10-inch teeth with serrated edges. |
| Arms | 2 short, muscular arms with sharp claws on the end of its three-fingered “hands”. |
| Bite force (in pounds) | 8,000 lbs |
| Tail | Powerful, pointed tail. |
What habitat did Giganotosaurus live in?
What was the giganotosaurus habitat like? Lived in southern Argentina and Patagonia. Fossil skeletons were found there.
What is Giganotosaurus diet?
Argentinosaurus
sauropod
Giganotosaurus/Eats
What killed T. rex?
rex went extinct during the K-T mass extinction, about 65 million years ago. This extinction killed the remaining dinosaurs (not just T. rex) and many other animal and plant groups. This extinction was probably caused by a catastrophic asteroid colliding with Earth.
How tall is a giga?
Estimates for the most complete specimen range from a length of 12 to 13 m (39 to 43 ft), a skull 1.53 to 1.80 m (5.0 to 5.9 ft) in length, and a weight of 4.2 to 13.8 t (4.6 to 15.2 short tons). The dentary bone that belonged to a supposedly larger individual has been used to extrapolate a length of 13.2 m (43 ft).
Which is bigger Carcharodontosaurus vs Giganotosaurus?
Although they stressed that they estimates were provisional and required more complete skeletal material to confirm, Carcharodontosaurus (43.5 feet; 33,345 pounds) and Giganotosaurus (42.6 feet; 30,438 pounds) appeared to be longer and heavier than Tyrannosaurus (39.3 feet; 20,085 pounds).