Carcharodontosaurinae

† Carcharodontosaurinae was a subfamily of the giant predatory theropod family Carcharodontosauridae, grouping the largest and most derived members of the lineage including Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus. These apex Cretaceous carnivores bore massive skulls with laterally compressed, serrated teeth. Material from Romania, if correctly assigned, would extend the subfamily's European range. The subfamily's members were among the dominant predators in Gondwanan and Laurasian ecosystems during the Early to Late Cretaceous.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Carcharodontosaurinae was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Carcharodontosaurinae lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.