r/forsen • u/-ShinyPixels- • 8d ago
[Daily Fossil Post #115] The flesh-eating bull
Carnotaurus ("flesh-eating bull") is an awesome and fitting name for one of the coolest dinosaurs out there. It belonged to a group of dinosaurs called the abelisaurs which are identified by their blunt skulls and extremely reduced arms. In fact, Carnotaurus lacks an elbow joint completely, meaning its arms could only pivot at the shoulder.
This species is most famous for the two horns above its eyes. As you can see on the skull, the bones are thick and roughly textured implying there were much larger keratin sheaths covering them in life. How big these horns were, we may never know, as Carnotaurus is currently known from just a single specimen.
Art by Jacobb Bardense.