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Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret and Savornin 1925)

Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 143.1–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Depéret and Savornin 1925). The species is represented by 31 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~71%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 31 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Carcharodontosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Carcharodontosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Carcharodontosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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predator–prey
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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predator–prey
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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coexisted–with
Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
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coexisted–with
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
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same–clade
Tugulusaurus
Tugulusaurus faciles
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same–clade
Xinjiangovenator
Xinjiangovenator parvus
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same–clade
Sinornithoides
Sinornithoides youngi
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