Carcharodontosaurus Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret and Savornin 1925)
/ˌkɑːrkəroʊˌdɒntoʊˈsɔːrəs/
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 saharicus sits in deep time
Carcharodontosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Carcharodontosaurus saharicus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.