GIGANOTOSAURINAE, Coria & Currie, 2006

Coria, R. A. & Currie, P. J., 2006, A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, Geodiversitas 28 (1), pp. 71-118 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5376792

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464866

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scientific name

GIGANOTOSAURINAE
status

subfam. nov.

GIGANOTOSAURINAE n. subfam.

TYPE GENUS. — Giganotosaurus Coria & Salgado, 1995 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Carcharodontosaurids linked by the derived femur with a weak fourth trochanter, and a shallow, broad extensor groove on the distal end.

CORIA R. A. & SALGADO L. 1995. - A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 377: 224 - 226.