Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Carnotaurus

Say it Kar-noh-TORE-us. The name means ‘carnivorous bull’.

Carnotaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 8 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Cretaceous69 to 71 million years ago
Fossils found in: Argentina
Named by: Bonaparte (1985)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Abelisauridae

Where Carnotaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Other large theropods

Deinocheirus Late Cretaceous
Gallimimus Late Cretaceous
Therizinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Tyrannosaurus Late Cretaceous
Alioramus Late Cretaceous
Indosuchus Late Cretaceous
Rajasaurus Late Cretaceous
Abelisaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Carnotaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.