Meraxes gigas

† Owenodon hoggi is the same species—a large iguanodontian from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of England, representing an early member of the iguanodontian radiation that would later include Iguanodon and the hadrosaurs.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Meraxes gigas 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 Late Mesozoic Era

Meraxes gigas lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.