Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus sastrei
Pronounced: car - no - Tore -us
Diet: Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means: "Flesh Bull"
Length: 24 Feet (7.5m)
Height: 9 Feet (3 m)
Weight: 1 ton (960 kilos)
Time: Middle Cretaceous - 115 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in South
America
Carnotaurus was a South American, meat-eating dinosaur that had two
short horns above its eyes. The horns were probably used more to impress
females than for fighting. Another unusual feature was that it had very
small arms, probably the tiniest of any of the larger meat-eaters.
Discovered fairly recently (1985), this fossil was very complete and
included the best theropod skin impressions ever found. The skin showed
many small cone-shaped nodules, each about two inches (5 cm) across,
regularly spaced over its body. Carnotaurus had a short snout for a
larger theropod. Its skull measured only 22 inches. Its arms were so
small that it almost appears that the hands sprouted right from its
body. |
