Definition of Ceratosaurus. Meaning of Ceratosaurus. Synonyms of Ceratosaurus

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Definition of Ceratosaurus

Ceratosaurus
Ceratosaurus Cer`a*to*sau"rus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn + ? lizard.] (Paleon.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Meaning of Ceratosaurus from wikipedia

- specimens have been described since. Two additional species, Ceratosaurus dentisulcatus and Ceratosaurus magnicornis, were described in 2000 from two fragmentary...
- type species, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, described by O.C. Marsh in 1884. A moderately large predator from the Late Jur****ic, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, was...
- Berberosaurus Fosterovenator? Jubbulpuria Lukousaurus? Saltriovenator Ceratosauridae Ceratosaurus Genyodectes...
- of Ceratosaurus, due to the partially preserved portion of the crest of Proceratosaurus superficially resembling the small crest of Ceratosaurus. Now...
- Jur****ic of Switzerland. However, a recent overview of Ceratosaurus included it in Ceratosaurus sp. Apatodon mirus, based on a s**** of vertebra Marsh...
- defined as all theropods more closely related to modern birds than to Ceratosaurus and contain the majority of predatory dinosaur diversity. Tetanurae likely...
- stechowi teeth to Ceratosaurus sp. (of uncertain species), because they resembled teeth from the premaxilla and dentary jaw bones of Ceratosaurus, a theropod...
- great size may have been a deterrent to the predators Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus: their remains have been found in the same strata, which suggests that...
- significantly reduced form. The somewhat more advanced ceratosaurs (including Ceratosaurus and Carnotaurus) appeared during the Early Jur****ic and continued through...
- Genyodectes was closer to Ceratosaurus than the more derived abelisaurs (that also descended from animals like Ceratosaurus). Also, by studying historical...