Meraxes
Meraxes gigas
Meraxes is a genus of large carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Meraxes gigas.
- Family
- Carcharodontosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (96.0–90.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 11.0–11.5 m
- Weight
- 4.0–4.5 t
- Type locality
- Huincul Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
- Holotype
- CTES-PZ 61
- PBDB
- txn:462127