Reconstructed Carcharodontosaurus skull, Science Museum of Minnesota
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Clade:
†Carcharodontosauria
Family:
†Carcharodontosauridae Stromer, 1931
Subgroups
†Acrocanthosaurus
†Concavenator
†Eocarcharia
†Kelmayisaurus[1]
†Labocania?[2]
†Lajasvenator
†Lusovenator?[3]
†Neovenator?[3]
†Sauroniops
†Shaochilong
†Taurovenator
†Unquillosaurus?[4]
†Veterupristisaurus
†Carcharodontosaurinae[5]
†Carcharodontosaurus
†Giganotosaurini
†Giganotosaurus
†Mapusaurus
†Meraxes
†Tyrannotitan
Synonyms
Acrocanthosauridae Molnar, 2003
Carcharodontosauridae (carcharodontosaurids; from the Greek καρχαροδοντόσαυρος, carcharodontósauros: "shark-toothed lizards") is a group of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. In 1931, Ernst Stromer named Carcharodontosauridae as a family, which, in modern paleontology, indicates a clade within Carnosauria. Carcharodontosaurids include some of the largest land predators ever known: Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Tyrannotitan all rivaled Tyrannosaurus in size. Estimates give a maximum weight of 8–10 metric tons (8.8–11.0 short tons) for the largest carcharodontosaurids, while the smallest carcharodontosaurids were estimated to have weighed at least 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).
^Stephen L. Brusatte; Roger B. J. Benson; Xing Xu (2012). "A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (1): 65–72. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0125. S2CID 53387460. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
^Cau, Andrea (2024). "A Unified Framework for Predatory Dinosaur Macroevolution" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 63 (1): 1-19. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2024.08.
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Canale, J.I.; Apesteguía, S.; Gallina, P.A.; Mitchell, J.; Smith, N.D.; Cullen, T.M.; Shinya, A.; Haluza, A.; Gianechini, F.A.; Makovicky, P.J. (2022-07-07). "New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction". Current Biology. 32 (14): 3195–3202.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.057. PMID 35803271.
^Carrano, M.T.; Benson, R.B.; Sampson, S.D. (2012). "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (2): 211–300. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927. S2CID 85354215.
^Novas, Fernando E. (2013). "Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: The evidence from Patagonia". Cretaceous Research. 45: 174–215. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.001. hdl:11336/102037.
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