Carcharodontosaurus vs Yutyrannus

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

गुण Carcharodontosaurus Yutyrannus
वैज्ञानिक नाम Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Yutyrannus huali
वर्गीकरण Theropoda Tyrannosauridae
युग Cretaceous Early Cretaceous Early
आहार Carnivore Carnivore
लंबाई 12.0 m 9.0 m
Height 3.6 m 3.0 m
वजन 6.2 t 1.4 t
खोज वर्ष 1931 2012
खोज स्थान Kem Kem Beds, Morocco Liaoning Province, China
नामकर्ता Ernst Stromer Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus 12.0 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Yutyrannus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus 6.2 t

about the weight of 1.0 elephants

Yutyrannus 1.4 t

comparable to 1.4 small cars

Timeline Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya
Yutyrannus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Carcharodontosaurus and Yutyrannus both lived during the Cretaceous Early period and may have shared the same habitats.

Diet Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus

Carnivore

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

Yutyrannus

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Yutyrannus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Tyrannosauridae

(Tyrant lizards)

Did You Know?

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Carcharodontosaurus weighed roughly 4x more than Yutyrannus.

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Both Carcharodontosaurus and Yutyrannus were carnivores.

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Both dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous Early period and may have coexisted.

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Carcharodontosaurus was discovered 81 years earlier, in 1931.

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Carcharodontosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Yutyrannus belonged to Tyrannosauridae.

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