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And yet even they did not escape predation entirely. They were preyed on by gigantic carnivores: land sharks such asCarcharodontosaurusandGiganotosaurus, culminating—in the very last days of the dinosaurs—inTyrannosaurus rex. In this single creature the potential of the dinosaurs’ unique constructi...
Standing over five metres (16.4 feet) tall and 12 metres (39.4 feet) long, and weighing a staggering seven tons (15,400 pounds), T-rex was once thought to have been the largest terrestrial carnivore in history, but subsequent discoveries of fellow titans Carcharodontosaurus, Giganotosaurus and...