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Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus /ˌkɑːrnoʊˈtɔːrəs/ is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, between 69 and 66 million years ago. The only species is Carnotaurus sastrei. Known from a single well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-understood theropods from the Southern Hemisphere. The skeleton, found in 1984, was…

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related to Age and paleoenvironment · 41
Carnotaurus → Africa, Alamitophis, Albian, Argentodites, Boidae, By, Cenomanian, Chelidae, Chubutinectes, Coloniatherium, Cryptodira, Danian, Ferugliotherium, Gorro Frigio Formation, Kawanectes, Koleken, La Colonia Formation, Late Cretaceous, Later, Maastrichtian
related to Discovery · 38
Carnotaurus → Abelisauridae, After Abelisaurus, Amargasaurus, Angel Sastre, Argentina, Argentine Museum, Argentinian, Aucasaurus, Bajada Moreno, Because, Bernardino Rivadavia, Bonaparte, Chubut Province, Cretaceous Terrestrial Vertebrates, Deformation, For, In, It, José Bonaparte, Jurassic
related to Jaw function and diet · 14
Carnotaurus → American, Analyses, As, Cerroni, Elasticity, François Therrien, In, Komodo, Mazzetta, Quick, The, These, This, When
related to Skin · 14
Carnotaurus → Abelisaurus, However, Larger, Majungasaurus, Originally, Rugops, Scalation, Stephen Czerkas, Such, The, There, These, They, This
related to Skull · 14
Carnotaurus → Another, As, Behind, Between, Bonaparte, Ceratosaurus, In Carnotaurus, It, Majungasaurus, Mauricio Cerroni, Skorpiovenator, The, These, This
related to Classification · 12
Carnotaurus → Abelisauridae, Abelisaurids, Aucasaurus, Brachyrostra, Gondwana, Ilokelesia, Its, Juan Canale, Late Cretaceous, Majungasaurus, Several, Though
related to Locomotion · 12
Carnotaurus → As, In, Mazzetta, Phil Currie, Scott Persons, T-shaped, The, Therefore, These, This, To, While
related to Brain and senses · 10
Carnotaurus → As, Cerroni, CT, Hearing, Indosaurus, Majungasaurus, Paulina-Carabajal, South American, The, This
related to Description · 7
Carnotaurus → Abelisaurus, Both, Ceratosaurus, Ekrixinatosaurus, Its, Pycnonemosaurus, The
related to External links · 7
Carnotaurus → Mar, Plata, Scott Hartman, Skeletal, Spanish, The, Universidad Nacional

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Carnotaurusis aderived member of the Abelisauridae0.90text
Carnotaurusis aonly known non-avian theropod from which a basihyal is known0.90text
sauropodsinstance ofsome studies suggested the animal was able to hunt down very large prey0.80text
while other studies found it preyed mainly on relatively small animalsinstance ofsome studies suggested the animal was able to hunt down very large prey0.80text
Ceratosaurusinstance ofbut was not sloping in side view as in some other ceratosaurs0.80text
Skorpiovenatorinstance ofwhile it was longer than high in related forms0.80text
Majungasaurusinstance ofwhile it was longer than high in related forms0.80text
Carnotaurusrelated to Age and paleoenvironmentOriginally0.60section
Carnotaurusrelated to Age and paleoenvironmentGorro Frigio Formation0.60section
Carnotaurusrelated to Age and paleoenvironmentAlbian0.60section
Carnotaurusrelated to Age and paleoenvironmentCenomanian0.60section
Carnotaurusrelated to Age and paleoenvironmentLater0.60section

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