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Carcharodontosaurus

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Name: Carcharodontosaurus ‭(‬Shark toothed lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Car-kah-roe-don-to sore-us.
Named By: Ernst Stromer‭ ‬-‭ ‬1931.
Synonyms: Megalosaurus africanus, Megalosaurus saharicus.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Carcharodontosauridae,‭ ‬Carcharodontosaurinae.
Species: C.‭ ‬saharicus‭ (‬type‭)‬.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬iguidensis.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Estimated between‭ ‬12‭ ‬and‭ ‬13‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Algeria - Continental Intercalaire Formation, Brazil - Alcāntara Formation?, Egypt - Baharīje Formation, Mut Formation, Morocco - Aoufous Formation, Kem Kem Formation, Niger - Continental Intercalaire Formation, Echkar Formation, Elrhaz Formation, and Tunisia - Chenini Formation, Continental Intercalaire Formation.
Time period: Albian to Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Initial remains destroyed in World War II,‭ ‬further material including enough to name a second species has since been found.

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