PRONUNCIATION: |
kahrn-uh-TAWR-us |
TRANSLATION: |
Meat-Eating Bull |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Carnivore, Bipedal |
ORDER: |
Saurischia |
SUBORDER: |
Theropoda |
INFRAORDER: |
Ceratosauria |
MICRO-ORDER: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Abelisauridae |
HEIGHT: |
13 feet (4 meters) |
LENGTH: |
24.6 feet (7.5 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
1,984 lbs (900 kg) |
PERIOD: |
Early Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
A strange-looking dinosaur with a short snout, two bull-like horns, a weak jaw and small eyes. A skin cast discovered in southern Argentina reveals that Carnotaurus in life had a reptilian, pebbly skin. This skin cast is the very best yet found for a theropod. |
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