Giganotosaurus Essay

T.Rex, Spinosaurus, Velociraptor and Pteranodons. All these aren the “popular” dinosaurs but they make up a tiny amount of the total dinosaur race. One of the thousands of dinosaurs was the Giganotosaurus. There are some interesting aspect about this dinosaur, such as its diet, habitat, and some of its special features. The Giganotosaurus was a massive beast and as you may know it would need a lot of food for energy to sustain it. You may be thinking, so what everything needs food, but the Giganotosaurus has a diet like no other. According to Joseph Castro, the Giganotosaurus preyed on massive herbivorous sauropods.It is also thought that the Giganotosaurus hunted in packs to take down creatures like the Argentinosaurus,the largest sauropod known(Castro). While these beast would hunt the Argentinosaurus what would be hunting them, nothing, the Giganotosaurus had no natural predators,this means it’s population could grow (Castro). Another interesting aspect about the Giganotosaurus was its habitat. The Giganotosaurus remains were found in modern day Argentina and if you haven't made the connection yet so was the Argentinosaurus (The Dino Directory). The …show more content…
One of its most special features is it’s male dominance, each pack is ruled by an alpha male and mates with multiple females that each have two to three chicks (Gee___) . Another feature most dinosaurs don’t have is that male and female look very closely to each other but the facial crest is slightly different (Gee____). While many think that the rex and Giganotosaurus look similar, they were not at all. The Giganotosaurus had three fingers,long blade like teeth and moved on two legs(The Dino Directory). It weighed about 18,000 pound and was about 12.5 meters tall, that means it was taller, longer, and slimmer then the tyrannosaurus rex( The Dino Directory).While this creature was imens it could hit speeds of 31.3 mph