Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis

Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis (Brusatte & Sereno, 2007)Sauropsida
Diapsida
Archosauria
Avemetatarsalia
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Carnosauria
Allosauroidea
Carcharodontosauridae

Early - Late Cretaceous
North Africa

Length: 10 - 13 m

One of the largest carnivores to ever walk the Earth, she has evolved serrated, blade-like teeth (the "serrations" actually being deep folds: www.nature.com/articles/srep12…), adapted for slicing through flesh with ease. Sadly, her genus's original remains were no match for British WWII bombers...

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