Dinosaur
Mapusaurus
The largest specimens have been estimated at more than twelve meters in length.
The Mapusaurus fossils appeared as an accumulation of bones from several individuals.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Mapusaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Carcharodontosauridae
- Carcharodontosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Mapusaurus
It is known from an accumulation of bones from several individuals excavated between 1997 and 2001. This set made it possible to describe the genus in 2006 and compare animals of different sizes.
The largest specimens have been estimated at more than twelve meters long. This collection lets researchers compare sizes and parts of the skeleton. Finding several animals together does not, by itself, show how they interacted in life or prove a particular hunting strategy.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The largest specimens have been estimated at more than twelve meters long. This collection lets researchers compare sizes and parts of the skeleton. Finding several animals together does not, by itself, show how they interacted in life or prove a particular hunting strategy.
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- Mapusaurus roseae
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- Mapusaurus
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- Carcharodontosauridae
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