Giganotosaurus

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***Giganotosaurus*** is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur in the *Jurassic World Evolution* series. One of the largest species of carnivorous dinosaur, *Giganotosaurus* originated in Late Cretaceous South America.

In *Evolution*, *Giganotosaurus* is unlocked in Campaign Mode upon completion of the Security Division mission on Isla Pena. In *Evolution 2*, the *Dominion Biosyn Expansion* DLC pack released the 2022 skin variant.

## History

While InGen was not known to have cloned *Giganotosaurus* for either Jurassic Park or Jurassic World, by 2012, the company had possession of the carnivore's genetic material. This was later used, along with the DNA of numerous other species, to create the genetically modified superpredator known as the *Indominus rex*, which was responsible for the destruction of Jurassic World in 2015.

A *Giganotosaurus* was the apex predator of the sanctuary created by BioSyn, and it attempted to kill Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcolm, Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, Maisie Lockwood, and Kayla Watts when they walked into its territory. The *Giganotosaurus* also developed a rivalry with the sanctuary's *Tyrannosaurus*, and the *Tyrannosaurus* would eventually kill the *Giganotosaurus* with the aid of a *Therizinosaurus*.

## Characteristics

*Giganotosaurus* is a powerful and large theropod dinosaur, believed to be at least as large as the infamous *Tyrannosaurus*. At around 14 tons in weight and 15 meters in length, it is one of the largest theropods and terrestrial carnivores ever to have lived. While it has a similar appearance to *Allosaurus* as well as other large theropods, *Giganotosaurus* has a distinctive long sloping face with rows of long, serrated teeth and a powerful jaw for tearing into its prey, three-fingered arms, and spikes running down its back from head to tail end. Its name translates to “*Giant Southern Lizard*”, in reference to its large frame and its South American habitat. It once roamed what is now Argentina and likely hunted juvenile sauropods. It was also homeothermic, meaning that it could generate heat internally. The base genome seems to be dirty yellow with red crests over its eyes. When the *Dominion Biosyn Expansion* DLC pack was released, so was the 2022 dark brownish/grayish green skin variant of *Giganotosaurus*; large brow crests, a row of spines on its back from head to tail end, and the hump-like display that rises and continues the spines.

## Gameplay

### *Evolution*

#### Behaviour

*Giganotosaurus* is more tolerant of others of its own kind, and in contrast to *Tyrannosaurus*, will happily live in pairs. Like other giant carnivores, it's a powerful animal and needs strong fences to contain it.

#### Skins

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## Paleontology

*Giganotosaurus* was originally discovered by amateur paleontologist and fossil collector, Rubén D. Carolini, in 1993 when he was searching for bones in Neuquén, Argentina. Carolini's first find was a thigh bone belonging to an unknown large theropod, which led to further exploration of the area – the following year, numerous related artefacts were excavated that confirmed that this was a new genus. So far only one substantial skeleton of *Giganotosaurus* has been discovered. The discovery was officially recorded by paleontologist Rodolfo Coria in 1995. A team led by Coria and funded by American Paleontologist Don Lessem uncovered roughly seventy percent of the animal. It was soon declared the largest theropod ever discovered, rivaling *Tyrannosaurus* in size, though *Spinosaurus*, a slightly larger theropod would soon be discovered and re-examined in the following years.

One of the largest terrestrial carnivorous dinosaurs ever discovered, *Giganotosaurus* is a member of the Carcharodontosauridae family, which evolved in the Late Jurassic and are related to genus such as *Allosaurus*. The family's earliest genus, *Veterupristisaurus*, evolved in Late Jurassic Tanzania and in the Early to Mid Cretaceous, Carcharodontosaurids could be found in Africa, Europe, Asia and both North and South America. During the Late Cretaceous, they started dying out in Laurasia (the name for the ancient Northern Hemisphere), with the last Laurasian species, *Shaochilong*, being found in modern China. However, they thrived in the southern continents of Gondwana for a time, though little evidence of them is known by the Campanian stage of the Cretaceous, roughly 85 million years before present day. Other interesting species include the slightly smaller *Carcharodontosaurus* from northern Africa, the high-spine *Acrocanthosaurus* from North America, and the smaller, humpbacked *Concavenator* from Europe.

In packs, the *Giganotosaurus* could possibly have taken down larger sauropods. The bite of *Giganotosaurus* was weaker than *Tyrannosaurus* and instead, it would have relied on its sharp, serrated teeth to inflict deep, bleeding wounds to weaken prey instead of utilizing brute strength to bite through thick armor. This is because the prey *Giganotosaurus* targeted often lacked armor, but were very robust and densely muscled, meaning a crushing bite force would be ineffective and instead, multiple bites would be employed to cause death by blood loss and shock. This is common in many carnosaurs, such as *Allosaurus*. It also differentiates them from the Coelurosaurian Tyrannosaurs.

### Paleoecology

*Giganotosaurus* was discovered in the Candeleros Formation, which had a fluvial environment consisting of swampy lowlands with rivers and streams. Likely to have been the apex predator of the Late Cretaceou*s* period approximately 90-110m years ago, *Giganotosaurus* lived in southern Argentina. There, it lived alongside many other species of dinosaurs, such as titanosaurs (including some of the largest sauropod dinosaurs ever like *Argentinosaurus* and *Andesaurus* along with medium-sized sauropods like *Limaysaurus*) as well as large ornithopods, pterosaurs, and crocodyliforms. Other theropod dinosaurs included abelisaurid *Ekrixinatosaurus*, dromaeosaurid *Buitreraptor*, and alvarezsauroid *Alnashetri*. *Giganotosaurus* fed on large herbivores of the period, mainly attacking juveniles due to their smaller size.

## Behind the scenes

At launch, the *Giganotosaurus* was considerably smaller than both *Spinosaurus* and *Tyrannosaurus*. In response to community feedback, *Giganotosaurus's* size was increased to be the same as the *Tyrannosaurus* in Update 1.4.

## Gallery

The scale of the *Giganotosaurus* dramatically increased in Update 1.4*Giganotosaurus* feeding with a pair of *Compsognathus**Giganotosaurus* pair
## References

1. ↑ *Indominus rex*. Jurassic World. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017.
2. ↑ Trevorrow, Colin. (Director). (2015). *Jurassic World* [Film]. Universal Pictures.
3. ↑ Trevorrow, Colin. (Director). (2022). *Jurassic World Dominion* [Film]. Universal Pictures.
4. ↑ Marit, Bo. [Bo\_Frontier]. (August 16, 2018). *Important News about Dinosaur Sizes* [Online forum post]. Reddit. Retrieved April 9, 2021.