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  • "Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area: Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs."

    My Birth Dinosaur! greygirlbeast 2009

  • This takes me back to the good old days of my youth when I wrote stories about talking dinosaurs, stories that would probably disturb any adults who read them -- especially that one about the angry teenage Triceratops action hero who kills carnosaurs to avenge the deaths of his parents.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • This takes me back to the good old days of my youth when I wrote stories about talking dinosaurs, stories that would probably disturb any adults who read them -- especially that one about the angry teenage Triceratops action hero who kills carnosaurs to avenge the deaths of his parents.

    Is this the premise of Saw VI? 2008

  • Many types of dinosaurs, such as sauropods, carnosaurs, and stegosaurs.

    Table of geologic time - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • More careful consideration of the biomechanics of large carnosaurs -- the position of the center of gravity, the widespread presence of calcified tendons in the backbone, the massive tail -- led in the 1980s to a radically new vision of the carriage in these animals, one where the body and tail were held horizontally and more or less rigidly balanced over the hind legs.

    Waxy.org Links 2009

  • Initial examination suggests that the fossils belong to carnosaurs - aggressive, two-legged carnivores - and sauropods, which were docile, four-legged herbivores.

    Top stories from Times Online 2009

  • The prey fought to swim clear of them; the carnosaurs wallowed after him.

    AMBL 2008

  • "The carnosaurs, the striders of dry land, hesitated, then took after him.

    AMBL 2008

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