Genus
Valid Extinct

Meraxes

Canale et al. 2022

Meraxes is a genus of large carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Meraxes gigas.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Meraxes
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Carcharodontosauridae Family
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Carcharodontosaurinae Subfamily
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Giganotosaurini Tribe
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Meraxes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Huincul
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Meraxes gigas 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. I. Canale, S. Apesteguía, and P. A. Gallina, J. Mitchell, N. D. Smith, T. M. Cullen, A. Shinya, A. Haluza, F. A. Gianechini, P. J. Makovicky. 2022. New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction. Current Biology 32(14):3195-3202 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. I. Canale, S. Apesteguía, and P. A. Gallina, J. Mitchell, N. D. Smith, T. M. Cullen, A. Shinya, A. Haluza, F. A. Gianechini, P. J. Makovicky. 2022. New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction. Current Biology 32(14):3195-3202 DOI ↗