Carnotaurus: The Ultimate Predator of the Late Cretaceous

Carnotaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, probably sometime between 71 and 69 million years ago.

Carnotaurus is a derived member of the Abelisauridae, a group of large theropods that occupied the large predatorial niche in the southern landmasses of Gondwana during the late Cretaceous.

00:00 Introduction
02:50 Discovery
04:39 Carnotaurus arms
05:20 Skull
06:08 Carnotaurus skin
07:32 Locomotion
09:16 Function of horns
11:05 Brain and senses
12:52 Life cycle
14:39 Interaction with other species
16:41 Extinction

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[LoremasterYnTaris]

Honestly, the Carnotaurus has been one of my favorite dinos since I was a kid, thanks largely to Disney's 2000 movie Dinosaur. Always cool to see such a well put-together viddeo about them!

[tikanga]

Bro the bull meAt eater is dangerous i love its part of the abelisauride

[hollyodii]

Love carnotaurus!! Like your video said, I also believe they must of had much larger horns than the bony core left behind.

[jenpink]

This was really interesting! Thank you

[word]

2:06 The artists impression of a dead (what I assume) mosasaur is hilarious. Little pterosaurs living inside of the mouth of the mosasaur!! The carnotaurus is meant to be about 8 metres long and the mosasaur is around 15 metres long, yet in the video the carnotaurus is only half the length of its head! Also according to Wikipedia an adult carnotaurus weighs about 2 tons and the mosasaur weighs 10 tons or 5 times more, yet in the video the mosasaurs head would be more than 5 times the weight of the carnotaurus.

[andrewrehnert]

The horns look like they were used to sideswipe their prey and bleed them out.
Ramming each other doesn’t make sense at all!

[lovegodsteverythingelsen]

This channel really gets in depth of real evidence of what Dinosaurs looked like 👍🏽 Great job, I just subscribed 🔥

[The-Black-Death]

One thing that people never get is that their horns were a major factor in their hunting, especially since they relied on chasing down their prey, matched together with their neck and body movement, they seemingly would've used them for inflicting stab weapons on larger prey or threats in their territory while running along side them. This would be the case since they aren't known for having a strong bite force, as they wouldn't really need to have if they can use their fast speed to ram or bash into foes to inflict severe cuts or internal damage with their horns, which wouldn't be out of the picture if we look at their ecosystem and the potential prey in the areas where they lived.

[michaeljdauben]

I've always liked the carnotarus, but those "longhorn" reconstructions just look ridiculous. Is there any actual evidence their horns were that big?

[lenordbrazil]

I have always been fascinated by dinosaurs and ancient animals

[moparsrule]

Fantastic, thanks so much for putting this out there for us to enjoy and learn from

[zerofreespeech]

It's horns were obviously used to absorb lightning and power it's night vision

[MicahBellEdits]

so cool that napoleon discovered the carno

[oldskool]

the horns probably shielded the eyes from the sun above and reflected light into the eyes at night. it was a sweet predator for sure

[Michael-iifs]

The first species to develop a phobia of getting the check at lunch.

[sakuraitonen]

Ever since I was a young kid, the Carnotaurus has been my favorite species of dinosaurs. I only wish there were more skeletons and fossils found of this species.

Although the single skeleton that was found and studied, who knows maybe it may have been possible for the Carnotaurus to have grown a little longer and heavier. I find it odd only one specimen has been unearthed from the deserts of Patagonia.

[michaelharper]

Giganotosaurus lived approximately 25 million years before carnotaurus so it's unlikely that they ever met.

[coachmatt]

A more developed sense of smell, compared to its eyesight, like a vulture, points to scavenging being carnataurus' primary MO. Especially when considering the presence of larger and diverse theropod species. Horns then, could also be an adaptation for fending off competition from carcasses. Perhaps even giving Carnataurus an edge in harassing larger theropods like gigantogosaurus.

[_robustus_]

What is the length of the largest fossil horns? In other words, is the depiction of the individual with long horns accurate?

[precursors]

I wonder if they also shed skin periodically like snakes or lizards…