Ceratosaurus

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The carnivorous theropod dinosaur ***Ceratosaurus*** lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) period. American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh first described this genus in 1884, based on a nearly complete skeleton found in Morrison Formation rocks in Garden Park, Colorado. The Ceratosaurus nasicornis is the type species. Only a handful of additional specimens have been described since the Garden Park specimen, which remains the most complete skeleton from the genus that has been documented. Two additional species, Ceratosaurus dentisulcatus and Ceratosaurus magnicornis, were discovered in Utah's Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry and Colorado's Fruita vicinity in 2000 and described. However, the existence of these additional species has been questioned, and it is possible that the three skeletons represent distinct growth phases of the same species. In 1999, the revelation of the primary adolescent example was accounted for. Evidence for the genus's existence outside of North America has been provided by the partial specimen that has been excavated and described from the Lourinh Formation in Portugal since 2000. Even though the majority of paleontologists do not currently accept their assignment to Ceratosaurus, fragmentary remains have also been reported from Switzerland, Uruguay, and Tanzania. Ceratosaurus was a theropod of medium size. The original specimen was estimated to be 5.3 meters (17 feet) or 5.69 meters (18.7 feet) long, whereas the C. dentisulcatus specimen was approximately 7 meters (23 feet) long. Ceratosaurus was portrayed by profound jaws that upheld relatively extremely lengthy, cutting edge like teeth, a noticeable, edge like horn on the midline of the nose, and a couple of horns over the eyes. Despite their shortness, the forelimbs remained fully functional; the hand had four fingers. From the top to the bottom, the tail was deep. A column of little osteoderms (skin bones) was available down the center of the neck, back, and tail. Extra osteoderms were available at obscure situations on the creature's body. Ceratosaurus gives its name to the Ceratosauria, a clade of theropod dinosaurs that wandered right on time from the transformative genealogy prompting present day birds. Paleontologists have proposed that it is most closely related to Genyodectes from Argentina, which shares its strongly elongated teeth, within the Ceratosauria. The geographically more seasoned family Proceratosaurus from Britain, albeit initially depicted as an assumed predecessor of Ceratosaurus, was subsequently observed to be inconsequential. It has been hypothesized that Ceratosaurus and other large theropod genera, such as Torvosaurus and Allosaurus, occupied distinct ecological niches to reduce competition in their respective habitats. Although some paleontologists have suggested that Ceratosaurus hunted aquatic prey like fish, it is possible that it preyed on dinosaurs that ate plants. Rather than being used as a weapon, as Marsh originally suggested, the nasal horn was probably only used for display

## Fight with Kentrosaurus

The battle starts as the Ceratosaurus firstly enters the arena and roars, while the Kentrosaurus appears, then wiggles its its tail and bellows.

As the battle starts, the Kentrosaurus dashes to the Ceratosaurus, to make its strike, then the Ceratosaurus made its attack, then the stegosaur strikes its tail to the horned carnivore. moving sideways, the carnivore strikes again, as the Kentrosaurus used its spikes to swipe the Ceratosaurus' ribs, making the carnivore roar in pain.

Then the Kentrosaurus flings up and bashes the Ceratosaurus using its horns, the carnosaur gets stunned. Both dinosaurs faced each other, as well they charged at each other, the stegosaur makes its strike, as well for the carnosaur, it dodges. Then the carnosaur bites its horn, the Kentrosaurus flips. As they knew that the Ceratosaurus kicks the stegosaur, then gets stunned. Then it dashes and leaps into the stegosaur, chopping off the horns of the stegosaur. Then it flings the carnosaur into the air, as well it makes its final blow, but the carnosaur pierces its horn into the stegosaur, falling off. Then the Ceratosaurus flings off the stegosaur into the air, impacting the stegosaur, killing it instantly. The Ceratosaurus stares at the lifeless body and roars in victory

## Fight with Diceratops

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## Trivia

* Ceratosaurus is one of the 4 carnivorous dinosaurs to have spikes on its back. The others are Suchomimus, Indominus Rex and Acrocanthosaurus.
* Ceratosaurus is the first Ceratosaurid in DBWC.
* Ceratosaurus was rivals with other predators living in North America, Africa, and Europe in the Late Jurassic Period like Allosaurus and Torvosaurus.
* Some scientists say that Ceratosaurus was the ancestor of abelisaurids like Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, and Rugops.