Meet Mapusaurus roseae, the largest carnivore on Earth recorded to date. Paleontologists working in the Patagonian wilderness in Argentina who found the remains of the 41-foot long and 15,000-pound dinosaur species said it roamed Earth 100 million years ago and was far bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex. “This is the fourth species of carnivorous dinosaur in the five ton or greater size range,” said Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Ph.D., senior lecturer with the department of geology at the University of Maryland.
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Mapusaurus Crowned Largest Meat Eater
Posted by: Meryl K. Evans April 19, 2006 11:00 AMMeet Mapusaurus roseae, the largest carnivore on Earth recorded to date. Paleontologists working in the Patagonian wilderness in Argentina who found the remains of the 41-foot long and 15,000-pound dinosaur species said it roamed Earth 100 million years ago and was far bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex. “This is the fourth species of carnivorous dinosaur in the five ton or greater size range,” said Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Ph.D., senior lecturer with the department of geology at the University of Maryland.