© Berislav Krzic
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 13.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 99-94 million years ago
- Found in:
- Argentina
This dinosaur may have hunted in packs and lived in family groups. Mapusaurus may have been larger than Giganotosaurus, making it the largest meat eating dinosaur found so far.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Allosauridae, Charcharodontosauridae, Giganotosaurinae
- Named by:
- Coria and Currie (2006)
- Type species:
- roseae
