Fearsome Carnivorous Dinosaurs Unearthed in Sahara

Fearsome Carnivorous Dinosaurs Unearthed in Sahara

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From the sands of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered the bones of two new ferocious dinosaur predators — one that makes the kills and another that feasts on the leftovers.

The fossils represent previously unknown species that roamed the Earth about 110 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period.

One is called Eocarcharia dinops, or "fierce-eyed dawn shark."

The other discovery was Kryptops palaios, or "old hidden face," named after its fearsome visage nearly all covered in horns.

With its armored jaws and small teeth, it was probably better at gnawing on already dead animals than snapping at live prey.

"We think this is a scavenger that would play a role similar to a hyena going after carcasses," Sereno

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These two 3-4 ton dinosaurs lived together on the Gondwana land mass (which became S. America, Africa, Antarctica, India and Australia) and dined on plentiful herbivors. They were similar to but not competitors of T. rex who existed at about the same time but further north on Laurasia which became the Euro/American land mass.

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