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Carcharodontosaurus saharicus ✝

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Carcharodontosaurus is a genus of carnivorous carcharodontosaurid dinosaurs that existed during the Cenomanian stage of the mid-Cretaceous Period. It is currently known to include two species: C. saharicus and C. iguidensis, which were among the larger theropods, nearly as large as or even larger than Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Spinosaurus.

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4967049	https://www.gbif.org/species/4967049
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	65365	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65365

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
-	Carnosauria
superfamily	Allosauroidea	Currie and Zhao 1994
family	Carcharodontosauridae	Stromer 1931
genus	Carcharodontosaurus	Stromer 1931
species	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	Depéret & Savornin 1925

Generic Name

Carcharodontosaurus

Scientific Name

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Megalosaurus	stated without evidence	Depéret and Savornin, 1925
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Dryptosaurus	stated without evidence	Depéret and Savornin, 1928
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Stromer, 1931
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Megalosaurus	stated without evidence	Lapparent, 1943
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Megalosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus)	stated without evidence	Lapparent, 1947
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Megalosaurus	stated without evidence	Lapparent, 1951
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Lavocat, 1954
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Lapparent, 1957
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Megalosaurus	stated without evidence	Santafé et al., 1982
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Taquet, 1984
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Molnar et al., 1990
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Buffetaut et al., 1990
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Sereno et al., 1998
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Larsson, 2001
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Holtz et al., 2004
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Novas et al., 2005
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Carrano et al., 2012
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Candeiro et al., 2012
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Canale et al., 2013
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus	species	belongs to Carcharodontosaurus	stated without evidence	McFeeters et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Carnosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Depéret and J. Savornin. 1925. Sur la découverte d'une faune de Vertébrés albiens à Timimoun (Sahara occidental) [On the discovery of a fauna of Albian vertebrates at Timimoun (western Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus des Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences à Paris 181:1108-1111

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharodontosaurus_saharicus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Megalosaurus africanus Huene, 1956	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : *Megalosaurus africanus*
Megalosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : *Megalosaurus saharicus*
Dryptosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : *Dryptosaurus saharicus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1925	Megalosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin
1928	Dryptosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin p. 264
1931	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Stromer p. 19
1934	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Stromer p. 28
1936	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Stromer p. 33
1943	Megalosaurus saharicus Lapparent p. 11
1947	Megalosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus) saharicus Lapparent p. 755
1951	Megalosaurus saharicus Lapparent p. 1430
1952	Megalosaurus saharicus Ennouchi p. 15
1953	Megalosaurus saharicus Lapparent p. 11
1954	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Lavocat
1956	Megalosaurus africanus Huene
1957	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Lapparent p. 109
1958	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Lapparent p. 1238
1963	Megalosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus) saharicus Furon p. 98
1970	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Steel p. 30
1974	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Langston p. 97
1974	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Molnar p. 1014
1977	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Taquet p. 326
1982	Megalosaurus saharicus Santafé et al. p. 84
1984	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Taquet p. 81
1988	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Bouaziz et al. p. 336
1988	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Paul p. 317
1990	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Buffetaut et al. p. 192
1990	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Molnar et al. p. 190
1992	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Molnar p. 266
1995	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Rauhut p. 370
1996	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Larsson p. 47A
1996	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Russell p. 371
1997	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Currie and Padian p. 369

Year	Name and Author
1997	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Le Loeuff p. 454
1997	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Novas p. 1
1998	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Sereno et al. p. 1301
2001	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Larsson p. 20
2002	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Lamanna et al. p. 64
2003	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Rauhut p. 36
2004	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 75
2005	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Novas et al. pp. 228-229
2006	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Malkani p. 8
2007	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Brusatte and Sereno p. 904
2007	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Regagba et al. p. 149
2007	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Sampson and Witmer p. 33
2010	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Benson et al. p. 75
2010	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Cavin et al. p. 399
2010	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Paulina Carabajal and Canale p. 249
2010	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Taquet p. 89
2011	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Hone et al. p. 502
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Candeiro et al. p. 328
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Carrano et al. p. 225
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Cau et al. p. 662
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Galton and Molnar p. 20
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Le Loeuff et al. p. 489
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Paulina Carabajal and Currie p. 86
2012	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Torices et al. p. 233
2013	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Canale et al.
2013	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus McFeeters et al. p. 636
2016	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Coria and Currie p. 2
2018	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Candeiro et al. p. 3
2018	Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Hassler et al. p. 2

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