Dinosaur
Meraxes
Meraxes was a large carcharodontosaurid from Patagonia.
Meraxes was a large carcharodontosaurid from Patagonia. It belonged to a different theropod branch from Tyrannosaurus, despite also having a large head and reduced forelimbs.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Meraxes at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Carcharodontosauridae
- Carcharodontosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Patagonia, Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Meraxes
Meraxes was a large carcharodontosaurid from Patagonia. It belonged to a different theropod branch from Tyrannosaurus, despite also having a large head and reduced forelimbs.
Its small arms were functional limbs, with bones preserved in unusual detail for this group. The discovery helped reveal how arm reduction appeared independently among giant theropods.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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