Name:
Carnotaurus (Greek for "meat-eating bull"); pronounced CAR-no-TORE-us
Habitat:
Plains of South America
Historical Period:
Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 25 feet long and one ton
Diet:
Meat
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Two triangular horns over eyes; extremely small arms
About Carnotaurus:
Carnotaurus is one of those dinosaurs that looks like it didn't come out of the oven quite right: its arms were small and stubby enough to make those of T. Rex seem gigantic by comparison, and the horns over its eyes were too small to be of much use.
On the plus side, though, these odd features make Carnotaurus easily distinguishable from other large carnivores of the late Cretaceous. To date, only one species of Carnotaurus has been discovered; maybe the other dinosaurs laughed this unfortunate meat-eater out of the evolutionary tree!
