Ceratosaurus

Carnivores
Species	Ceratosaurus
Size	13 feet (3.9 meters) tall, 20 feet (6.1 meters) long, 1,700 lbs
Defense/weaponry	Sharp claws Blade-like teeth and horn
Turf	USA, North America; Tanzania, Africa
Timespan	Late Jurassic 159-144 Ma
Appearances	First appearance: "Bloodiest Battle" Other appearances: "Hunter Becomes Hunted"

Ceratosaurus ("horned lizard") was a large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period, found in the Morrison Formation of North America, and Portugal. It's characterized by the blade-like horn on its snout.

Ceratosaurus first made its appearance in "Bloodiest Battle", alongside other Jurassic dinosaurs, and later in "Hunter Becomes Hunted". It also had a cameo appearance in "Cannibal Dinosaur" and "Biggest Killers" episodes, because it was the ancestor of Majungasaurus and its cousins and was mentioned as such.

Description

The 1.5-2 ton carnivore Ceratosaurus stood 13 feet tall and measured 6.1 (20 feet) long. It had a distinctive horn (actually an expanded nasal crest) on its snout and two smaller ones on its brow--its name means horned lizard--and a row of bony plates down the middle of its back. Another horned meat-eating dinosaur was Carnotaurus sastrei, a relative of Majungasaurus and probably the most famous of the abelisaurid family and a possible descendant of Ceratosaurus.

Fighting style

Being about half the size of its contemporary rival Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus was still a fierce meat-eating hunter. Its four-fingered hands (primitive for theropods) ended in sharp claws and it killed its prey with large blade-like teeth.

Diet

Ceratosaurus may have hunted in groups and evidence suggests that it competed with Allosaurus for prey, including herbivores such as iguanodonts, stegosaurs and even the giant sauropods.

Pair of Ceratosaurus