Carcharodontosaurus includes some of the longest and heaviest known carnivorous dinosaurs, with various scientists proposing length estimates for the species C. saharicus ranging between 12 and 13.3 meters (39 and 44 ft) and weight estimates between 6.2 to 15.1 metric tons (6.8 to 16.6 short tons). In 2016 Molina-Pérez & Larramendi gave a length of 12.8 meters (42 ft) and a weight of 7.8 metric tons (8.6 short tons) for the neotype of C. saharicus, and a length of 11 meters (36 ft) and a weight of 5.2 metric tons (5.7 short tons) for a referred tooth of C. iguidensis.