Carnotaurus

meat bull (flesh-eating bull)

• carno · Latin · flesh, meat
• taurus · Latin · bull

The name combines the Latin words for "flesh" and "bull". It refers to the two horns above the eyes, which look like a bull's horns, and to its status as a meat-eating predator. The type species is Carnotaurus sastrei, named after Angel Sastre, who found the skeleton.

Named by

Bonaparte

Year named

1985

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

La Colonia Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A medium-sized abelisurid theropod known from a single well-preserved skeleton with skin impressions. It is notable for its short, deep skull, its prominent brow horns and its very small forelimbs. The age of the La Colonia Formation is debated, so the stage range is approximate.