Carnotaurus

Classification

Diet	Carnivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Late Cretaceous
Family	Abelisauridae
Genus	Carnotaurus
Bio Group	Large Carnivore

Size

Height (m)	3
Length (m)	10
Weight (kg)	2,000

Rating

Base Appeal	127
Appeal (Per $1MM)	91.8
Appeal (Per Hectare)	89.9

Carnotaurus

Median

Stats

Lifespan	54 - 69
Resilience	43
Attack	88
Defence	31
Medical Dart Resistance	103
Sedative Resistance	103
Poison Resistance	150

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	60%
Grassland (m²)	16900	80%
Forest (m²)	4300	20%

Social Group	1 - 2
Ideal Population	0 - 20

Unlock requirements

Unlocked by retrieving the fossil from one of the following dig sites:

Dig Sites	Fossil Quality	Fossil Quantity	Locations	Duration	Cost
La Colonia Formation	★	3	South America \| Argentina \| Chubut Province	02:00	$60,000
	★★	10
	★★★	7

Incubation

Duration	05:00 - 05:33
Cost	1,384,000

Disease

Immune	Bracken Poisoning
Susceptible	Rabies

Description

Carnotaurus was a large theropod dinosaur. Its name means “meat-eating bull”, referring to the bull-like horns above its eyes. Rival Carnotaurus are likely to have combated each other with rapid head blows, ramming each other and using the horns to absorb the shock.This lightly built, bipedal predator was well adapted for running, and could have been one of the fastest theropods, well-suited for hunting small prey dinosaurs. Its forelimbs were shorter than any other large carnivorous dinosaur, suggesting they were completely vestigial.

Discovery

Carnotaurus is known from a single well-preserved skeleton, found in 1984 in the La Colonia Formation in Argentina. The find included unusual details such as the hyoid bones that support the tongue in the jaw, and extensive skin impressions showing small non-overlapping scales.

Paleoecology

Carnotaurus would have lived in a seasonal environment with dry and humid periods. The La Colonia Formation represents the deposits of estuaries, tidal flats and coastal plains.