Saurischian dinosaurs

Ceratosaurid

Carnotaurus fossil photograph

Carnotaurus

The name of this fearsome dinosaur means 'meat-eating bull'. A member of the family Abelisauridae, Carnotaurus lived in the Early Cretaceous period, and remains from southern Argentina were described in 1985. This dinosaur gets its name from its bull-shaped head, complete with a pair of small horns. Carnotaurus was about 25-40ft long and weighed a ton.




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