Giganotosaurus Skull

Giganotosaurus skull. Replica. (3-D) 1/9TH SCALE , 8.25-in/21cm. Giganotosaurus (meaning 'giant southern lizard', derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/γιγας meaning 'giant', notos/νοτος meaning 'south wind' and saurus/σαυρος meaning 'lizard')[1] was a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived 93 to 89 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period. It is one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, longer than Tyrannosaurus, but smaller than Spinosaurus. Its fossils have been found in Argentina. he holotype specimen's (MUCPv-Ch1) skeleton was about 70% complete and included the skull, pelvis, leg bones and most of the backbone. It is estimated around 12.2-12.5m (40-41 ft) in length. A second specimen (MUCPv-95), 8% larger, has also been recovered. This largest Giganotosaurus specimen is estimated to represent an individual 13.2 m (43.3ft) long, that weighed 6.2 tons. Giganotosaurus might have had the longest known skull for a theropod dinosaur with the holotypes skull estimated at 1.80m (6 ft) and the second specimen's estimated at 1.95 m (6.3 ft). Giganotosaurus surpasses Tyrannosaurus rex in length by almost a meter (the upper length estimate for T. rex is 13 m).