Argentinosaurus vs Carcharodontosaurus

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Argentinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

الخاصية Argentinosaurus Carcharodontosaurus
الاسم العلمي Argentinosaurus huinculensis Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
التصنيف Sauropoda Theropoda
الحقبة Cretaceous Late Cretaceous Early
النظام الغذائي Herbivore Carnivore
الطول 35.0 m 12.0 m
Height 12.0 m 3.6 m
الوزن 70.0 t 6.2 t
سنة الاكتشاف 1993 1931
موقع الاكتشاف Neuquen Province, Argentina Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
سُمي بواسطة Jose Bonaparte & Rodolfo Coria Ernst Stromer
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Size Comparison

Argentinosaurus 35.0 m

as long as 3 school buses

Carcharodontosaurus 12.0 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Weight Comparison

Argentinosaurus 70.0 t

heavier than 12 African elephants

Carcharodontosaurus 6.2 t

about the weight of 1.0 elephants

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Timeline Comparison

Argentinosaurus
100,5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66,0 Mya
Carcharodontosaurus
145,0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100,5 Mya
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Diet Comparison

Argentinosaurus

Herbivore

Argentinosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Carcharodontosaurus

Carnivore

Carcharodontosaurus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

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Classification Comparison

Argentinosaurus

Clade: Sauropodomorpha

Group: Sauropoda

(Lizard feet)

Carcharodontosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

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Did You Know?

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Argentinosaurus was about 2.9x longer than Carcharodontosaurus.

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Argentinosaurus weighed roughly 11x more than Carcharodontosaurus.

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Argentinosaurus was a herbivore while Carcharodontosaurus was a carnivore.

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Argentinosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late while Carcharodontosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 79 million years.

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Carcharodontosaurus was discovered 62 years earlier, in 1931.

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Argentinosaurus belonged to Sauropoda while Carcharodontosaurus belonged to Theropoda.

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Argentinosaurus

Argentinosaurus huinculensis

35.0m long, 12.0m tall, 70.0t · Cretaceous Late

Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

12.0m long, 3.6m tall, 6.2t · Cretaceous Early

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