Summary:
- This article discusses the discovery of a new species of dinosaur called Meraxes gigas, a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous period, around 90 million years ago.
- Meraxes gigas was a member of the carcharodontosaurid group of dinosaurs, which were some of the largest predators of their time, reaching up to 45 feet in length and weighing several tons.
- The discovery of this new dinosaur species provides important insights into the evolution and diversity of large carnivorous dinosaurs in South America during the Mesozoic era.