Summary:
- This article reports on the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, named Meraxes gigas, which lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 90 million years ago.
- Meraxes gigas was a large carnivorous theropod dinosaur, with a massive skull and powerful jaws, suggesting it was a top predator in its ecosystem.
- The discovery of Meraxes gigas provides new insights into the evolution and diversity of large predatory dinosaurs in South America during the Late Cretaceous, and helps to fill in gaps in our understanding of the region's prehistoric ecosystems.