Mapusaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now South America.
Facts[]
Mapusaurus was a large carcharodontosaurian and a relative of Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus. This dinosaur has varying size estimates. Sizes as low as 32 ft. (9.7 meters) long and 3 tons have been published. Others, as high as 46 ft. (14 meters) long and 8 tons in weight have also been recorded. Mapusaurus was probably somewhere in the middle, about 40-42 ft. (12.1-12.8 meters) long and 5-6 tons. This makes it one of the biggest land predators yet found. A group of 6 adults and juveniles was uncovered, but whether this was an actual pack or not isn't known. This dinosaur lived in South America roughly 100-90 MYA.
In the series[]
Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs[]
March of the Titans[]
Mapusaurus appears in Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs using a design similar to the Mapusaurus in Planet Dinosaur. It was shown as a pack hunter that preys on Argentinosaurus. In Chapter Two: March of the Titans, a Mapusaurus named Flint and his pack stalk an Argentinosaurus named Thunder and his son, Storm.
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