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  1. "Furrow toothed horn Lizard" Ceratosaurus was a medium-sized carnivore that preyed on the smaller dinosaurs like Dryosaurus, as well as fish, crocodiles and other small and mid-sized animals. Its only contesters being Allosaurus. Ceratosaurus had a large skull with large teeth, as well as short but powerful front limbs. It likely used the head as its main weapon, as the front limbs are too small for full combat use. One of Ceratosaurus's most distinct features was the nasal crest from which the name derives; most paleontologists agree that it would have been for display, meaning the crest would probably have been brightly colored in life. Ceratosaurus had a row of osteoderms running down its back; given their blunt shape and position, they were likely to display or species recognition tools, and no armor or weapons. The tail of Ceratosaurus comprised about half of the body's total length and was thin and flexible with high vertebral spines. Ceratosaurus was found in the Morrison Formation of North America and the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and possibly the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania. Its relatives include Genyodectes and Elaphrosaurus. While most theropods at the time had only three fingers on each hand, Ceratosaurus retained the ancestral fourth digit.
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