GEOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
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Question
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Carnotaurus
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carcharodontosaurus
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Giganotosaurus
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Conversation. FUN FACT: The Giganotosaurus in Jurassic World: Dominion is called Zeb, a nickname given to it thanks to its unique Zebra like patterns.
Detailed explanation-2: -Giganotosaurus (/ˌdʒaɪɡəˌnoʊtəˈsɔːrəs/ JY-gə-NOH-tə-SOR-əs) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99.6 to 95 million years ago.
Detailed explanation-3: -Giganotosaurus (meaning ‘giant southern lizard’, derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/ meaning ‘giant’, notos/ meaning ‘south wind’ and saurus/ meaning ‘lizard’) was a carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived 93 to 89 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado, the lead paleontologists who uncovered the remains, dubbed the specimen “Giganotosaurus carolinii”, meaning “Carolini’s Giant Southern Lizard”, honoring Carolini as the discoverer and the genus name denoting the massive size of the animal.