Carcharodontosaurus vs Dracorex

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Carcharodontosaurus Dracorex
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Dracorex hogwartsia
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Pachycephalosauria
ยุคสมัย Cretaceous Early Cretaceous Late
อาหาร Carnivore Herbivore
ความยาว 12.0 m 3.0 m
Height 3.6 m 1.2 m
น้ำหนัก 6.2 t 200 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1931 2006
สถานที่ค้นพบ Kem Kem Beds, Morocco Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, USA
ตั้งชื่อโดย Ernst Stromer Robert Bakker et al.

Size Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus 12.0 m

about as long as 2 cars end-to-end

Dracorex 3.0 m

about the size of a human adult

Weight Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus 6.2 t

about the weight of 1.0 elephants

Dracorex 200 kg

about 3 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya
Dracorex
100.5 Mya Cretaceous Late (Mesozoic) 66.0 Mya

Diet Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus

Carnivore

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

Dracorex

Herbivore

Dracorex was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Classification Comparison

Carcharodontosaurus

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Dracorex

Clade: Ornithischia

Group: Pachycephalosauria

(Thick-headed lizards)

Did You Know?

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Carcharodontosaurus was about 4.0x longer than Dracorex.

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Carcharodontosaurus weighed roughly 31x more than Dracorex.

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Carcharodontosaurus was a carnivore while Dracorex was a herbivore.

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Carcharodontosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Early while Dracorex lived during the Cretaceous Late, separated by roughly 0 million years.

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Carcharodontosaurus was discovered 75 years earlier, in 1931.

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Carcharodontosaurus belonged to Theropoda while Dracorex belonged to Pachycephalosauria.

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