TYPE SPECIES:
• C. sastrei Bonaparte, 1985

Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Neoceratosauria

Carnotaurus was an unusual theropod. The name refers to the small horns it bore above its eyes. The arms were extremely small and underdeveloped, even more so than those of the tyrannosaurids. The forearms were so short that the hands appeared to sprout almost directly from the elbows. Remains are very complete, with skin impressions that show rows of large, non-bony, semiconical scales along the right side of the body.

Carnotaurus was featured in the book The Lost World, where it was given amazing, chameleon-like powers of skin camouflage. Even if this is blatantly unscientific, it would've looked kind of cool on the big screen. (Unfortunately, Carnotaurus wasn't put in the movie.)

Although originally dated as Early Cretaceous, the sediments this dinosaur is from appear to be Late Cretaceous instead.

I.    Alvarezsaurus calvoi
II.   Coelophysis bauri
III.  Baryonyx walkeri
IV.   Oviraptor philoceratops
V.    Aublysodon mirandis
VI.   Anserimimus planinychus
VII.  Avimimus portentosus
VIII. Compsognathus longipes
IX.   Carnotaurus sastrei
X.    Ceratosaurus nasicornis