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ceratosaur

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n.1.(Paleon.) the ceratosaurus.
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Noun1.ceratosaur - primitive medium-sized theropodceratosaur - primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America
bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
suborder Ceratosaura - primitive saurischian dinosaurs
coelophysis - one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic


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It is the first known ceratosaur, a branch of the theropod family, to be found in Asia.
Ceratosaurus Fossils found in: Fremont County, Colorado, USA from 1883 up to 1884 Estimated Height: 2 meters or 6 feet and 6 inches Estimated Length: 6 meters or 20 feet Estimated Weight: 1 tonne The Ceratosaurs or the so-called ?
Our son was particularly taken with the real Second World War Spitfire soaring above a menagerie of record-breaking beasts in the West Court gallery, as well as a four-metre Ceratosaur dinosaur skeleton.
 
 
 
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