Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Alternative combination: Giganotosaurus carolini
Full reference: R. A. Coria and L. Salgado. 1995. A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 377:224-226
Belongs to Giganotosaurus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Apesteguía and Gallina 2011, Aureliano et al. 2018, Bandeira et al. 2021, Brusatte and Sereno 2007, Calvo 1999, Canale et al. 2012, Canale et al. 2016, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Harris 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Cau et al. 2012, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Coria and Salgado 1995, Dalman 2014, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, González Riga and Astini 2007, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz et al. 2004, Lamanna et al. 2002, Meyer 2000, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 1999, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Pazo and Apesteguía 2012, Rauhut 2003, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sereno et al. 2008, Suárez Riglos et al. 2019 and Xing et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUCPv-CH 1, a partial skeleton (femur). Its type locality is Villa El Chocón, 15 km south, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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