Summary:
- This article discusses the discovery of a new species of dinosaur called the Meraxes gigas, which was a massive carnivorous dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous period, around 95 million years ago.
- The Meraxes gigas was a member of the carcharodontosaurid family, a group of large, predatory dinosaurs that were among the top predators of their time, and it is estimated to have been up to 11 meters long and weighed around 4.5 tons.
- The discovery of the Meraxes gigas provides new insights into the evolution and diversity of the carcharodontosaurid dinosaurs, and helps to fill in gaps in our understanding of the prehistoric ecosystems of South America during the Late Cretaceous period.