Carcharodontosaurus

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Carcharodontosaurus

Fossil range: mid Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Carnosauria
Superfamily: Allosauroidea
Family: Carcharodontosauridae
Genus: Carcharodontosaurus
Stromer, 1931

Carcharodontosaurus was a giant carnivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous period. It was about 12 meters long and had a weight of about four tons. Fossils of Carcharodontosaurus were found in North Africa. The name means 'great white shark lizard'.