Carnotaurus
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| phylum | Chordata | Carnotaurus is a genus of large abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, between about 72 to 70 million years ago. The only species is Carnotaurus sastrei. Known from a single but exceptionally well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-known theropods from the Southern Hemisphere. The skeleton was found in 1984 in the Chubut Province of Argentina in rocks of the La Colonia Formation. Derived from the Latin carno [carnis] ("flesh") and taurus ("bull"), the name Carnotaurus means "meat-eating bull", alluding to its bull-like horns.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| infraclass | Dinosauria | |
| order | Saurischia | |
| Suborder | Theropoda | |
| family | †Abelisauridae | |
| genus | †Carnotaurus | |
| Period | Late Cretaceous |
Carnotaurus Skeleton
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