Carnotaurus, a large theropod dinosaur, lived during the Late Cretaceous period. Known from a single well-preserved skeleton found in Argentina, it is a member of the Abelisauridae family, and one of the best- understood theropods from the Southern Hemisphere. Carnotaurus (derived from Latin for "meat-eating bull") had thick horns above the eyes, and a very deep skull on a muscular neck. It was a lightly built, bipedal predator, 8 to 9 m (26.2 to 29.5 ft) long, weighing at least 1.35 metric tons (1.49 short tons). It had small, vestigial forelimbs and long and slender hindlimbs. Preserved skin impressions show a mosaic of small scales interrupted by large bumps that lined the sides of the animal. The horns and neck may have been used in fighting others of its kind. Its feeding habits remain unclear: some studies suggest the animal was able to hunt down very large prey, while other studies find it preyed mainly on small animals. Carnotaurus may have been one of the fastest large theropods.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1500:

Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral and his crew landed in present day Brazil and claimed the land for Portugal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral

1622:

An Anglo-Persian force combined to capture the Portuguese garrison at Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Ormuz_(1622)

1864:

The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, authorizing the minting of a two-cent coin, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust

1969:

The British yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race to complete the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Golden_Globe_Race

1983:

The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, which were subsequently revealed to be forgeries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

geoid: (geography (geodesy)) The shape that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geoid

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.   --Immanuel Kant https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant