# Carnotaurus (Carnotaurus sastrei) — DinoLand

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### id=13: Carnotaurus (Carnotaurus sastrei)

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- Diet: Carnivore
- Era: Cretaceous
- Period: 72–69 million years ago
- Length: 8 m
- Weight: ≈1,5 t
- Height: 3 m
- Speed: до 60 km/h
- Habitat: Seasonally dry scrublands and sandy plains
- Region: Argentina
- Discovered: 1984, José F. Bonaparte

Fact: “Horned brows and a bulldog snout—Patagonian pursuit predator.”

Description: Carnotaurus is an abelisaurid notable for a deep, abbreviated skull decorated with two stout horns above the orbits and extremely reduced forelimbs even by theropod standards. Hind-limb proportions imply cursoriality relative to heavier tyrannosaurids. Exceptionally preserved skin impressions reveal a mosaic of feature scales and low tubercles absent of feathers, documenting diverse integumentary styles across theropods.

Features:
  - Unique among abelisaurids in bearing supraorbital horns
  - Tibiae and metatarsals are elongate, consistent with fast pursuit
  - Skin casts show non-overlapping scales and rounded tubercles

Related genera: Abelisaurus, Majungasaurus, Rugops


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