Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus reached about 12 metres (39 feet) in length and weighed around 5 to 7 metric tons (5.5 to 7.7 short tons).1

Carcharodontosaurus was about the same length as T. rex, but T. rex was heavier and had a much stronger bite. Carcharodontosaurus weighed 5 to 7 metric tons, while T. rex could weigh over 8 metric tons.1

Carcharodontosaurus was a meat-eater that likely hunted large plant-eating dinosaurs like Paralititan and Rebbachisaurus.3

Carcharodontosaurus lived about 100 to 94 million years ago, during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous Period.12

Carcharodontosaurus fossils have been found in North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Niger.13

Its name means 'shark-toothed lizard' because its sharp, serrated teeth look like those of a great white shark.12

No one knows for sure. No fossil feathers have been found with Carcharodontosaurus, and it is not closely related to feathered dinosaurs like raptors.1

Probably up to about 22 km/h (14 mph), about as fast as a grown-up riding a bike. This is an estimate: nobody knows for sure. It was huge and heavy, so it was probably not a very fast runner.1

There is no evidence that Carcharodontosaurus could swim. It lived near rivers and lakes, but it was a land-dwelling dinosaur.3

Yes, Carcharodontosaurus lived alongside Spinosaurus and other giant predators in North Africa during the Cretaceous.13