The skulls and necks of Majungasaurus (top) and Carnotaurus (bottom) compared. From Méndez, 2012 Carnotaurus was a weirdo. Not only did this 26-foot predator of Argentina’s Late Cretaceous have ...
Carnotaurus ’ hide—as demonstrated by fossilized skin impressions—was covered in small scales with a smattering of bony lumps called “osteoderms” tossed in for good measure. 9. It’s Related to an ...
Here’s a nice counterbalance for our previous report on Carnotaurus’s wimpy arms – it turns out any shortcomings in its arms were more than made up for with its ...
If you look at the skeleton of the flesh-eating dinosaur called Carnotaurus, two features instantly stand out: the skull and the arms. The fearsome skull is short, deep and topped by two devilish ...
The image of the hulking T. rex and its comically undersized arms is deeply ingrained in pop culture, but it isn’t really fair. They were muscular little appendages well-suited to their evolutionary ...
The carnivorous Carnotaurus could have been the fastest prehistoric predator according to new research from the University of Alberta. The Carnotaurus is a 23-foot long reptile that looks similar to a ...
The Carnotaurus, one of the fiercest predators measuring up to 2.9 tons, may have dinky arms, but it's probably the fastest dinosaur to ever roam our planet. Recent studies showed how cousin T. rex ...