Rugops
Rugops primus
Rugops primus foi um abelissaurídeo africano com crânio ornamentado por rugas e sulcos, possivelmente coberto por queratina.
Rugops (meaning 'wrinkle face') is a monospecific genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage, approximately 95 million years ago) in what is now the Echkar Formation in Niger. The type and only species, Rugops primus, is known only from a partial skull. It was named and described in 2004 by Paul Sereno, Jeffery Wilson and Jack Conrad. Rugops has an estimated length of 4.4–5.3 metres (14–17 ft) and weight of 410 kilograms (900 lb). The top of its skull bears several pits which correlates with overlaying scale and the front of the snout would have had an armour-like dermis.
- Família
- Abelisauridae
- Ordem
- Saurischia
- Período
- Cretaceous (97.0-93.5 MYA)
- Dieta
- Carnivore
- Comprimento
- 5.5-7.0 m
- Peso
- 410-750 kg
Fatos científicos
- Nome significa "rosto enrugado"
- Crânio coberto por sulcos para vasos sanguíneos
- Pode ter tido cobertura de queratina colorida
- Contemporâneo do gigante Spinosaurus
- Primeiro abelissaurídeo da África
- Dentes pequenos sugerem hábitos necrófagos