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The dinosaur Giganotosaurus carolinii, one of the world's largest terrestrial carnivores, reconstructed in the position where its fossilized bones were found, at the museum of Villa El Chocón, next to the hydroelectric dam of El Chocón, Neuquén Province, Argentina. ☺

Giganotosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 98 to 97 million years ago. The holotype specimen was discovered in the Candeleros Formation of Patagonia in 1993, and is almost 70% complete.

Mass: 4,200 – 14,000 kg (Adult)

Eats: Santanaraptor

Speed: 50 km/h (Adult)

Length: 12 – 13 m (Adult)

Family: †Carcharodontosauridae

Fossils: MUCPv-95, MUCPv-52, MUCPv-Ch1