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sharp-clawed runner
Carnotaurus
Say it like this: “KAHR-no-TAWR-us”
Carnotaurus sastrei
Carnotaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1985 · Bonaparte, J. F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7.5–8 m · 25–26 ft
- Weight
- 1.3–2.1 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · La Colonia
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Furileusauria
The story in short
The genus Carnotaurus dates to 1985, the year J. F. Bonaparte described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the La Colonia Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Carnotaurus at a length near 7.5–8 m and a body mass around 1.3–2.1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Furileusauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.