Sunday, December 2, 2018

Giganotosaurus Specimen Sizes.

1. First Species:
Name: Giganotosaurus carolinii.
Period: Albian-early Turonian of the early-late Cretaceous period, 108-92 million years ago.
Place: South America.
Length: 41-43 feet (12.4-13.1 meters).
Diet: Carnivore.

Specimens:
1. MUCPv-CH 1 (Holotype):
Length: 41 feet (12.4 meters).
Dentary: 56 cm.
Femur: 132.5 cm.
Skull: 149.8 cm.

MUCPv-CH 1 (Carmen Funes Municipal Museum):
2. MUCPv-95:
Length: 43 feet (13.1 meters).
Dentary: 59 cm.
Skull: Skull: 157.9 cm.

MUCPv-95 (Calvo and Coria, 1998):
3. MUCPv-52:
Material: Only a tooth.
Size: Unknown.

4. Scattered teeth from all over the Candeleros Formation.

Links:
MUCPv-CH 1:
Size:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-big-was-mucpv-95.html
Link 2:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
MUCPv-95:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/how-big-was-mucpv-95.html
Link 2:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
MUCPv-52:
Calvo (1999) (Pg. 26):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284053211_Dinosaurs_and_other_vertebrates_of_the_Lake_Ezequiel_Ramos_Mexia_Area_Neuquen-Patagonia_Argentina
Teeth:
Theropod Database:
http://theropoddatabase.com/Carnosauria.htm#Giganotosauruscarolinii
Time Period:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2017/09/giganotosaurus-facts.html

2. Second Species:
Name: Mapusaurus roseae.
Period: Turonian-late Santonian of the late Cretaceous period, 92-84.1 million years ago.
Place: South America.
Length: 36-50 feet (10.9-15.3 meters).
Diet: Carnivore.

Specimens:
1. MCF-PVPH-108.1 (Holotype):
Length: Unknown. Not enough material.
Material: A right nasal (Coria and Currie, 2006, pp. 75 and 78).

2. MCF-PVPH-108.234:
Length: 40 feet (12.2 meters).
Femur: 130 cm.

3. MCF-PVPH-108.45:
Length: 36 feet (10.9 meters).
Femur: 118.0 cm.

4. MCF-PVPH-108.202:
Length: 50 feet (15.3 meters).
Fibula: 104 cm.

5. MCF-PVPH-108.203:
Length: 42 feet (12.7 meters).
Femur: 134 cm.

6. MCF-PVPH-108.68:
Length: 40 feet (12.1 meters).
Tibia: 110 cm.

7. MCF-PVPH-108.145:
Length: 45 feet (13.6 meters).

Giganotosaurus (Mapusaurus) roseae Skeletons (Nagoya City Science Museum):
Links:
Time and Length:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
List of Specimens:
Coria and Currie (2006) (pg. 109 and 116):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228655543_A_new_carcharodontosaurid_Dinosauria_Theropoda_from_the_Upper_Cretaceous_of_Argentina
Skeletons:
Nagoya City Science Museum:
http://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/cgi-bin/en/exhibition_guide/exhibit.cgi?id=L210

3. Third Species:

Name: Giganotosaurus (Tyrannotitan) chubutensis.
Period: Albian of the early Cretaceous period, 113-101 million years ago.
Place: South America.
Length: 35-42 feet (10.6-12.9 meters).
Diet: Carnivore.

Specimens:
1. MPEF-PV 1156,:
Length: 35 feet long (10.6 meters).

2. MPEF -PV 1157:
Length: 42 feet (12.9 meters).

Giganotosaurus (Tyrannotitan) chubutensis (MEF Museum):
Links:
Length:
https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2018/10/calculations-for-largest-theropods.html
Time:

https://psdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2017/09/giganotosaurus-facts.html