- 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...
- from Gondwana,
around 100
million years ago. However, the
discovery of
Rugops and
other abelisaurid material from the
middle of the
Cretaceous in northern...
-
likely bore 17 or 18
alveoli when complete,
based on the
related genus Rugops.
There is a row of
neurovascular foramina above the
alveolar margin, a characteristic...
- for it, the
adults come
rushing to the
rescue and
chase off the
Rugops pack. The
Rugops head
deeper into the forest,
stumbling across an area
where a lightning...
- any
large theropod.
After analyzing the
features of the
newly discovered Rugops primus, Paul
Sereno has
postulated that many of
these abelisaurid features...
- to a rich
dinosaur fauna. It
includes Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus,
Rugops, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, Paralititan, Aegyptosaurus, and Ouranosaurus...
- a pad also
occurred in
Majungasaurus but was
absent in
Abelisaurus and
Rugops. A row of
large scales did
probably surround the eye, as
indicated by a...
- the
dentary of the
lower jaw, more than in any
other abelisaurid except Rugops. The
postcranial skeleton of
Majungasaurus closely resembles those of Carnotaurus...
-
Chenanisaurus Dryptosauroides?
Eoabelisaurus Indosuchus Kryptops Kurupi Rugops Spectrovenator Tarascosaurus Tralkasaurus Xenotarsosaurus Majungasaurinae...
-
overall pattern of
cranial ornamentation is
almost identical to that of
Rugops. Much of the bone surface,
especially on the top of the skull, is covered...
