Mapusaurus was a type of dinosaur. It was a theropod. It was carnivorous, meaning it ate meat. The Mapusaurus was one of the largest carnivorous theropods, such as the Carcharodontosaurus, Giganotosaurus, or Tyrannosaurus Rex. It was 12-13 meters long. It lived during the late Cretaceous period.[1]
Mapusaurus Media
Size of a few specimens compared to a human
Comparison of two Mapusaurus roseae skulls
Mapusaurus Roseae restoration
Mapusaurus bones with pathologies
Artistic reconstruction of Neovenator salerii. Proportions align with Hartman; cranial integument is based on Barker et al. (2017).
Concavenator corcovatus by Daniel Vidal 2012
An improved version of an existing reconstruction of the Cretaceous Nigerien carcharodontosaurid, Eocarcharia dinops.
Acrocanthosaurus restoration
Shaochilong feeding on Sinornithomimus.
Carcharodontosaurus reconstruction. Based on Giganotosaurus (Hartman), with anatomy based on Sereno et al. (1996).
References
- ↑ MapusaurusNatural History Museum. Retrieved October 22, 2021.