Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae
Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria and Salgado 1995
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 100.5–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Giganotosaurus carolinii is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Coria and Salgado 1995. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Giganotosaurus sits in deep time
Giganotosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Giganotosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.