Meraxes

Named after a fictional dragon (no literal Greek or Latin translation)

• Meraxes · Invented (fiction) · name of a dragon in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe

Meraxes is named after the dragon Meraxes from George R. R. Martin's fantasy writings in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" world. The name was chosen as a reference to this fictional dragon. The only named species, Meraxes gigas, adds the Greek-derived word for "giant". It is a large carcharodontosaurid theropod with very short arms.

Named by

Canale et al.

Year named

2022

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Cenomanian – Turonian

Found in

Huincul Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A carcharodontosaurid theropod (Carcharodontosauridae). Type species is Meraxes gigas.