Rugops
Rugops
PrehistoricPhoto: Liam Elward · CC BY-SA 4.0
DinosaurExtinctcarnivore
Rugops was a theropod dinosaur that roamed Niger during the Late Cretaceous. Known from a partial skull, it had a unique, pitted skull top and a snout covered in armour-like skin.
- Rugops measured between 4.4 and 5.3 metres in length.
- It weighed around 410 kilograms.
- Its skull featured pits that matched overlaying scales.
DesertAfrica
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- Classification
- Dinosaur
- Scientific name
- Rugops
- Habitat
- Desert
- Regions in this directory
- Africa
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large