Carcharodontosaurs: Great Dragons of the Southern Hemisphere

Описание: Please enjoy this episode focusing on the Carcharodontosaurs, a successful group of Carnosaurian Theropods that developed into gigantic apex predators during the first half of the Cretaceous, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

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