Dinosaur
Ceratosaurus
The species Ceratosaurus nasicornis is known from several partial skeletons from the Morrison Formation.
Ceratosaurus has been helping us learn about Jurassic carnivores for more than a century.
Three stages. One companion.
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Ceratosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Ceratosauridae
- Ceratosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Colorado, Utah, Portugal, England
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Ceratosaurus
It was a Jurassic carnivore described in 1884. The Garden Park skeleton in Colorado remains one of the most complete known specimens of the genus.
The species Ceratosaurus nasicornis is known from several partial skeletons from the Morrison Formation. An especially complete specimen serves as a reference to compare other finds. Partial remains add information, although not all preserve the same parts of the skeleton.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Ceratosauridae
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