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Carnotaurus was the first theropod dinosaur discovered with a significant number of fossil skin impressions. [7] These impressions, found beneath the skeleton's right side, come from different body parts, including the lower jaw, [ 7 ] the front of the neck, the shoulder girdle , and the rib cage .
Brachyrostra (meaning "short snouts") is a clade within the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae.It includes the famous genera Carnotaurus, Aucasaurus, potentially Abelisaurus as well as their close relatives from the Cretaceous Period of Argentina and Brazil plus Caletodraco from France. [1]
This list of non-avian theropod type specimens is a list of fossils that are the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the Mesozoic species and genera of the dinosaur clade Theropoda, which includes the carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, their herbivorous relatives like the therizinosaurs, and birds.
Carnotaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, between about 72 and 70 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 .
Skull of Carnotaurus sastrei. Bonaparte and Fernando Emilio Novas described the new genus and species Abelisaurus comahuensis. [9] Bonaparte described the new genus and species Carnotaurus sastrei. [9] 1986. Robert T. Bakker thought the loose joints in the skull of Ceratosaurus was an adaptation allowing it to swallow prey that would otherwise ...
Carnotaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, between about 72 and 70 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 .
[1] [3] Dinosaur fossils, including those of the abelisaurid theropods Carnotaurus and Koleken, titanosaurian sauropod Titanomachya, ankylosaurs, hadrosauroids, and somphospondylans, have also been found. [4] [5] [6] Other fossils animals include various species of mammals, turtles and snakes. [7] [8]
Abelisauridae (meaning "Abel's lizards") is a family (or clade) of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous period, on the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana, and today their fossil remains are found on the modern continents of Africa and South America, as well as on the Indian subcontinent and the island of Madagascar.