Named for the horns above its eyes, this small-armed, snub-nosed
predator is unusual in many ways. Horn-like projections on the skull
inspired paleontologist Jose Bonaparte to give this carnivorous theropod
its distinctive name. Carnotaurus had a distinctive short, deep snout.
Its eyes were positioned in the skull so that both could focus on the
same field of vision, meaning it had depth perception and could see in
three dimensions the way humans do. The forelimbs of Carnotaurus were
stubby with short lower arm bones. An almost complete fossilized
skeleton, together with skin impressions (that reveal rows of bumps on
rough skin), has been found.