GIGANOTOSAURUS IS THE LARGEST MEAT-EATING DINOSAURUS

T-rex moves down to no.2
The bones of a giant new dinosaur Giganotosaurus carolinii were recently excavated by two scientists in Argentina. Giganotosaurus ( Giant reptile of the South) is believed to be one of the largest carnivores ever found. With a body length of 12.5m (42 Feet) and an estimated weight of about 6-8 tonnes, is believed to be larger than the Tryannosaurus rex and has replaced it as the largest meat eating dinosaur. ( The largest T-rex found is Sue which has a body length of 11.5m and was believed to be the largest carnivore to have ever lived.) Like T-rex, it has also been classified in the Arthopoda (A sub order of the Saurischia (lizard hipped) - Short forelimbs and an S - shaped neck) . It existed an estimated 100 million years ago in the Cractaceous period.