Carnotaurus



The Carnotaurus was a large theropod that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, mainly between 72 and 69.9 million years ago.It had thick horns above it's eyes, a feature which many other carnivourous dinosaurs didn't seem to have.It also had a deep skull sitting on top of a muscular neck.These two features may have been used in fighting other animals at the time.The Carnotaurus was also able to hunt down, and take down large prey such as giant sauropods.It also seemed to be well adapted for running and might have been one of the fastest large theropods. The Carntaurus is apart of the Abelisauridae family, and is one of the most understood members of this family.It's nearest relative would probably be either Aucasaurus or Majungasaurus, but a a recent study suggests that the Ilokelesia as it's sister taxon.