Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus was probably one of the most strange-looking dinosaurs that lived in South America. Discovered in 1984 by an famous paleontologist Jose Fernando Bonaparte in Colonia formation (Argentina). This carnivore lived during Late Cretaceous (7)2-70 million years ago). It is the only skeleton we have got from Carnotaurus. It is one of the few dinosaurs who their skin wasn't decomposed. Carnotaurus belongs to the suborder of theropods. The name means flesh-eating bull because of the strange horns he had in the top of his head. Today we have identified only one specie, Carnotaurus sastrei. Its nearest cousin is Majungasaurus.

Carnotaurus had a size from 7.5 reaching 9 meters and weighted 1650 kilos. Carnotaurus had a deep skull and thick horns above his eyes which he used to defend against other carnivores or even other Carnotaurus. His bones were light so we think it was a fast predator and didn't hesitate to attack large sauropods like Dreadnoughtus. It had very short hands, even shorter than T-Rex. If it wasn't for Giganotosaurus, Carnotaurus would be ruling the South America.