#Now I’m curious if anyone ever excavated another skeleton or if the skull is all we have besides the first’s century’s old publications

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I just learned about carcharodontosaurus (first from ARK and then from YDAW on YouTube) and I feel like my life has been changed forever

YES!!! BIG BEAUTIFUL BEASTIE!!! I love how tall (& as I recall narrow) the skull is. There’s just something regal about Carcharodontosaurus, you know? I fondly remember back when it popularly held the ‘biggest theropod’ title for a little while, I was lucky enough to see a cast of the skull in some small traveling exhibit & man … that was almost a religious experience.

I looked up it’s appearance in ARK and that is SUCH a fantastic model! Love all the spikey bits making it look even taller & more imposing (like it needed the help)! Since Spinosaurus swept the ‘biggest known theropod’ title -& resulting adoration- from pretty much all the competition, it’s nice to see the big beauty getting some love again!

#It has an interesting history in terms of discoveries too! #The first partially complete skeleton was tragically destroyed in WWII (along with so many other important paneontological specimens) #And it wasn’t until the mid-90’s that Dr. Sereno’s team found a gorgeous new skull #Of course that was in the midst of the whole Jurassic Park-induced dinosaur craze and something bigger than T. rex was mind blowing #Come to think of it- I’m pretty sure the exhibit I saw the skull cast was about Sereno’s research #Because I think that was the same show they were parading the Sarcosuchus ‘SuperCroc’ skull around #(well- a cast of the Sarcosuchus skull anyway) #Now I’m curious if anyone ever excavated another skeleton or if the skull is all we have besides the first’s century’s old publications #I haven’t really kept up w/a lot of paleontology news lately I’m afraid #🎃 cryptid sighting