Saturday, August 6, 2011

Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus (pronounced /ˌdʒaɪɡəˌnoʊtəˈsɔrəs/ jy-gə-noh-tə-sor-əs)[1] is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived around 97 million years ago during the early Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period.[2] It is one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, slightly larger than Tyrannosaurus, but smaller thanSpinosaurus. Its fossils have been found in Argentina.
The name means "giant southern lizard", derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/γίγας meaning "giant", notos/νότος meaning "south wind" and -saurus/-σαύροςmeaning "lizard".[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus

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