Mapusaurus
Mapusaurus (lit. 'Earth lizard') was a giant carcharodontosaurid carnosaurian dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous (early Turonian stage), approximately 93.9 to 89.6 million years ago, of what is now Argentina.
| Mapusaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (early Turonian), ~ | |
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| Reconstructed skeletons of an adult and a juvenile (left) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Carcharodontosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Carcharodontosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Giganotosaurini |
| Genus: | †Mapusaurus Coria & Currie, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Mapusaurus roseae Coria & Currie, 2006 | |
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