Summary:
- This article describes the discovery of a new species of dinosaur called Meraxes gigas, a massive carnivorous theropod that lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 95 million years ago.
- Meraxes gigas was a large predator, measuring up to 10 meters long and weighing an estimated 4 tons, making it one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period.
- The discovery of Meraxes gigas provides important insights into the evolution and diversity of large predatory dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous, a crucial time period just before the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.