Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Giganotosaurus
Say it gig-an-OH-toe-SORE-us. The name means ‘giant southern lizard’.
- Length
- 13 m
- Weight
- 13.8 tonnes
- Diet
- Meat-eaterother animals
- Walked
- On 2 legs
- When
- Late Cretaceous100 to 95 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria and Salgado (1995)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Lived at the same time
- Buitreraptor · same country
- Mapusaurus · same country
- Chubutisaurus · same country
- Ligabuesaurus · same country
- Jobaria
- Sauropelta
- Achillobator
- Carcharodontosaurus
Other large theropods
- Achillobator Late Cretaceous
- Carcharodontosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Deltadromeus Late Cretaceous
- Garudimimus Late Cretaceous
- Mapusaurus Late Cretaceous
- Spinosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Tyrannotitan Early Cretaceous
- Segnosaurus Late Cretaceous
Source: Giganotosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.