Carnotaurus |
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| Name | Carnotaurus (CAR-no-TORE-us) |
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| Means | Meat-eating bull | |
| Period | Late Cretaceous | |
| Where | South America: Argentina | |
| Size | Length: 24.6 feet Height: 13 feet Weight: 1,984 lbs |
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Short stubby arms, short stubby horns. Carnotaurus, was definitely an odd looking theropod. The forearms were even shorter than Tyrannosaurus rex - in fact they were so short that the hands appeared to be sprouting from the upper arm bone, the humerus! A slender, shallow lower jaw contrasted with the heavy, robust-looking skull while a pair of thick horns jutted from the skull above the small, forward facing eyes. It is theorized that Carnotaurus was capable of hatchet-like attacks with its head and horns; a skull would not have survived in a head-butting contest. |
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