Carcharodontosaurus vs Yutyrannus
A detailed side-by-side comparison of Carcharodontosaurus and Yutyrannus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.
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| Property | Carcharodontosaurus | Yutyrannus |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Carcharodontosaurus saharicus | Yutyrannus huali |
| Classification | Theropoda | Tyrannosauridae |
| Period | Cretaceous Early | Cretaceous Early |
| Diet | Carnivore | Carnivore |
| Length | 12.0 m | 9.0 m |
| Height | 3.6 m | 3.0 m |
| Weight | 6.2 t | 1.4 t |
| Discovery Year | 1931 | 2012 |
| Discovery Location | Kem Kem Beds, Morocco | Liaoning Province, China |
| Named By | Ernst Stromer | Xu Xing et al. |
Size Comparison
about as long as 2 cars end-to-end
roughly the length of a large SUV
Weight Comparison
about the weight of 1.0 elephants
comparable to 1.4 small cars
Timeline Comparison
Carcharodontosaurus and Yutyrannus both lived during the Cretaceous Early period and may have shared the same habitats.
Diet Comparison
Carcharodontosaurus
CarnivoreCarcharodontosaurus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.
Yutyrannus
CarnivoreYutyrannus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.
Classification Comparison
Carcharodontosaurus
Yutyrannus
Did You Know?
Carcharodontosaurus weighed roughly 4x more than Yutyrannus.
Both Carcharodontosaurus and Yutyrannus were carnivores.
Both dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous Early period and may have coexisted.
Carcharodontosaurus was discovered 81 years earlier, in 1931.
Carcharodontosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Yutyrannus belonged to Tyrannosauridae.
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