How big was rugops?

Though known only from a partial skull found in the Echkar Formation and a left maxilla from the Kem Kem Beds, Rugops was initially estimated as being 6 metres (19.7 ft) long and 750 kilograms (1,650 lb) in weight based on comparisons with its relatives. Later estimates suggest a revised length of 4.4 metres (14.4 ft).

1. How tall is Rugops?
2. What did Rugops eat?
3. When did Rugops go extinct?
4. Was Rugops a scavenger?
5. What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
6. Where did Rugops live?
7. What dinosaurs lived Africa?
8. How big is a Spinosaurus?

How tall is Rugops?

At 4-4.5 meters (12-16 ft) long and 1.5 meters (4 feet) high at the hip, Rugops was a midsize carnivore.

What did Rugops eat?

Rugops had an unusually weak skull, suggesting that it may have fed mainly on carcasses and small prey.

When did Rugops go extinct?

Rugops africanus is a species of non-avian abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that originally inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95 million years ago, during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous as an extinct species, Rugops primus, and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by ...

Was Rugops a scavenger?

Rugops is known from an almost complete skull. The skull is relatively delicate, suggesting that this was a scavenger, not an attacking dinosaur like Tyrannosaurus. Rows of holes in the skull may indicate that it had a crest of some kind.

What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?

The poison-spitting dinosaur reconstructed in Jurassic Park is Dilophosaurus. At the time the movie was produced, there was no evidence that this or any other dinosaur spat poison or had poisonous saliva of any kind.

Where did Rugops live?

Rugops (meaning "wrinkle face") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that inhabited what is now Africa (Morocco & Niger) approximately 95 million years ago, during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.

What dinosaurs lived Africa?

During the early part of the Late Cretaceous, North Africa was home to a rich dinosaur fauna. It includes Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Rugops, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, Paralititan, Aegyptosaurus, and Ouranosaurus.

How big is a Spinosaurus?

At an estimated maximum length of roughly 15 metres, Spinosaurus was the largest of all known theropod dinosaurs.