Carcharodontosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous
Mapusaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (early Turonian), ~93.9–89.6 Ma
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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
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.
many individual elements recovered from the Mapusaurus bone bed represent most of the skeleton. Mapusaurus was a large theropod, but slightly smaller in...
which includes other very large theropods, such as the closely related Mapusaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. Giganotosaurus is thought to have been homeothermic...
predators like Carcharodontosaurus and especially Giganotosaurus as well as Mapusaurus. Tyrannotitan chubutensis was described by Fernando E. Novas, Silvina...
Argentinosaurus might have been preyed on by Mapusaurus, which is among the largest theropods known. Mapusaurus is known from at least seven individuals found...
include some of the largest land predators ever known: Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Tyrannotitan all rivaled Tyrannosaurus in size...
and the fellow giant carcharodontosaurid Mapusaurus. Meraxes was found in an older rock layer than Mapusaurus, so it is unlikely they coexisted. The herbivores...
while doing so. In addition, other sauropod hunting theropods such as Mapusaurus are known to have exhibited pack hunting behaviour. The true cause of...
environment with Mapusaurus, Argentinosaurus, Skorpiovenator and Ilokelesia. It has been suggested that Taurovenator is synonymous with Mapusaurus. 2016 in paleontology...
Bustingorrytitan, Chucarosaurus, and Choconsaurus), carcharodontosaurids (Mapusaurus, Meraxes, and Taurovenator), a megaraptoran (Aoniraptor), abelisaurids...
one of the last known carcharodontosaurids to walk the earth. Alongside Mapusaurus from Argentina, they were the only members of the family to live until...
described it as belonging to a 15 metres (49 ft) long carnosaur similar to Mapusaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. However, it was much smaller than proposed and...
around 89 million years ago in Asia (Shaochilong) and South America (Mapusaurus), though the megaraptorans, which survived until the end of Maastrichtian...
not possible for other giant theropod dinosaurs like Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus and Acrocanthosaurus. However, studies by Eric Snively and colleagues...
close relative of Giganotosaurus. Thus, in 2006, Mapusaurus was finally described and named. Mapusaurus also helped support Currie's theory that some large...
alongside other carnivorous dinosaurs such as the carcharodontosaurid Mapusaurus and another abelisaurid, Ilokelesia. The remains are deposited in the...
rebbachisaurids (Cathartesaura, Limaysaurus, and Sidersaura), carcharodontosaurids (Mapusaurus, Meraxes, and Taurovenator), a megaraptoran (Aoniraptor), abelisaurids...
found in aggregations, as have larger predators, such as Allosaurus and Mapusaurus. There is some evidence of gregarious behaviour in other tyrannosaurids...
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