Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

† Carcharodontosaurus saharicus ('shark-toothed lizard of the Sahara') was a massive allosauroid theropod from the Cretaceous of North Africa, with an estimated length of up to 13 m. First discovered in Algeria by Stromer in the 1920s, the original material was destroyed in World War II; new specimens were later recovered from Morocco. Its enormous skull bore blade-like, serrated teeth ideal for slicing through dinosaur flesh, placing it among the largest terrestrial carnivores in Earth's histor