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Carcharodontosauridae

Meraxes gigas

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Meraxes 10 m (33 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Meraxes
Length
10 m (33 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (95–93.9 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Carcharodontosauridae

Meraxes is a genus of large carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Meraxes gigas.

What we know

  • Named by Canale et al., 2022.
  • Body length estimated at about 10 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Meraxes — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.