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Dinosaurs

Rugops

ROO-gops
Rugops primus

Rugops

dinosaurs
Body Type

Large theropod

Type

Theropoda

Meaning

wrinkle face

Length

7m

Weight

-

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Ceratosauria, Neoceratosauria, Abelisauridae, Rugops
Found In
Niger
Range
099-94 mya
Diet
Carnivorous
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Information
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.
Alternate Names