carnosaur
Large predatory dinosaur
A carnosaur is a large, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The group includes some of the most formidable predators ever to walk the Earth—Allosaurus, Giganotosaurus, and their kin.
Carnosaurs are characterized by massive skulls, powerful jaws, and relatively short arms.
The term is sometimes used loosely for any large theropod dinosaur.
Huge carnivorous dinosaur
- saurischianLizard-hipped dinosaur clade
- bipedalHaving two feet
- meat-eaterOne who consumes flesh
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
apex · Jurassic · Cretaceous
Age of Reptiles
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Gondwana · Pangaea · paleoecology · fauna
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- specimenIndividual for examination
discovery · formation · sediment · reconstruction · mount · trackway · coprolite · Morrison
tyrannosaurus
Huge carnivorous dinosaur
- saurischianLizard-hipped dinosaur clade
- bipedalHaving two feet
- meat-eaterOne who consumes flesh
predatory · apex · Jurassic · Cretaceous
Mesozoic
Age of Reptiles
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
prehistoric · Gondwana · Pangaea · paleoecology · fauna
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- bonesRigid internal support structure
specimen · discovery · formation · sediment · reconstruction · mount · trackway · coprolite · Morrison
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
pursuit · scavenger · territorial · dominance
skull
Head's bone casing
- jawsMouth's bony framework
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
- serratedHaving toothlike projections
claws · femur · skeleton · vertebrae · pelvis · forelimbs · hindlimbs · eye-socket · fenestra · binocular
- SaurischiansT-Rex, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, theropods
carnosaurherbivore
Plant-only consumer
plant-eater · sauropod · hadrosaur · diplodocus · triceratops
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