Thursday, December 27, 2018

Carcharodontosaurus Specimen Sizes.

Name: Carcharodontosaurus.
Species: C. saharicus and C. iguidensis.
Period: Albian-Cenomanian of the early-late Cretaceous period, 113-94 million years ago.
Place: Africa.
Length: 39-45 feet (11.8-13.8 meters).
Weight: 6-6.8 tons.

Specimens:
1. IPHG 1922 X46 (C. saharicus Holotype): 
Length: 39 feet (11.8 meters).

2. UCRC PV12 (Originally SGN Din-1) (C. saharicus Neotype): 
Length: 45 feet (13.8 meters).
Skull: 165.6 cm.

Links:
Lengths:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
Weight:
Henderson and Nicholls (2016) ("Figure 1"):
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.23164
Seebacher (2001) (pg. 54):
http://dinoweb.ucoz.ru/_fr/4/A_new_method_to.pdf
Time Period:
Albian:
Fanti et al., (2016):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290084297_Evidence_of_iguanodontian_dinosaurs_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Tunisia
Cenomanian:
Sereno et al., (1996):
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/272/5264/986
Albian-Cenomanian:
Contessa, Michela. Paleontological studies of Cretaceous vertebrate fossil beds in the Tataouine Basin (southern Tunisia). 2013. (All: Pages 20-29; Sarcosuchus: Pages 25-26, 28; Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and ornithopod: Pages 27-29):
http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5240/1/Contessi_Michela_tesi.pdf
Ibrahim et al., (2016):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304214496_Evidence_of_a_derived_titanosaurian_Dinosauria_Sauropoda_in_the_Kem_Kem_beds_of_Morocco_with_comments_on_sauropod_paleoecology_in_the_Cretaceous_of_Africa
International Chronostratigraphic Chart (2019 Version):
http://stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2019-05.jpg
Link 2:
http://stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale