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Rugops
Rugops was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived in
Niger during the
Cretaceous period,
about 95 million years ago.
Rugops was bipedal (walked on two legs), and had only short arms. It was about 24 to 30 feet (7 to 9 meters)
long, and around 8 feet (2.5 meters) tall at its hips.
Although Rugops was a carnivore, it did have a number of unusual features relating to its head
- the bones
of its skull had numerous blood vessels, the skull seems to have had armor or scales,
and the animal's head may well have been topped by a crest or horns (there are two rows of seven holes in
the skull to which the crest or horns may have been attached). These unusual features,
led its discoverer, Dr. Paul Sereno, to suggest its head was not designed for fighting
or bone-crushing - the obvious suggestion is that it may therefore have been a scavenger.
Rugops was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived about 95 million years ago
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Rugops Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Rugops:
- Rugops was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Rugops" means "wrinkle face".
- Rugops was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Rugops was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Rugops was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Rugops was not itself an ancestor of birds).
- Rugops lived about 95 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.
- Rugops lived in Niger.
- Rugops was a carnivore (meat-eater).
- Rugops was about 24 to 30 feet (7 to 9 meters) long, and about 8 feet (2.5 meters) tall at the hips.
- Rugops weighed about 2 tons.
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By Janet Riehecky
Capstone Press Released: August 1st, 2016 Library Binding (32 pages)
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Click Here | Description: Carnotaurus and Other Odd Meat-Eaters: The Need-to-Know Facts (Dinosaur Fact Dig)- Manufacturer: Capstone Press
- Brand: Capstone Press
- ISBN: 1515726959
- EAN: 9781515726951
Details:- Product Category: Library Binding
- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 32
- Author: Janet Riehecky
- Publication Date: August 1st, 2016
- Release Date: August 1st, 2016
Physical Description:- Size: 10.4 Inches by 9.4 Inches by 0.4 Inches
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Collecta Toy
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- Brand: Collecta
- Model: 88374
- EAN: 4892900883748
- PartNumber: 3388374
Details:Physical Description:- Size: 2.55905 Inches by 5.1181 Inches by 1.37795 Inches
- Weight: 0.110231131 Pounds
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- PartNumber: Awolf14
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