Ceratosaurus nasicornis at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Photo by the author Eastern Utah’s Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur quarry is a treasure trove of predatory dinosaurs.

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It had a face only a mother could love. The Ceratosaurus is the type of dinosaur that might terrorize you in your dreams: A mouth full of razor-sharp teeth; a horn at the tip of its nose; horny ...

So rather than be a grump about the question, I’ve started to say “Ceratosaurus!” This, in public imagination, is more of a proper dinosaur. The Jurassic carnivore had exceptionally long ...

The negative space around the twisted skeleton demanded another dinosaur. A Ceratosaurus nasicornis would be just the thing. Now that I’m all healed, I can proudly show off the opisthotonic ...

Like a ’56 T-Bird parked in a lot full of hybrids, Ceratosaurus shared its range with several less-archaic carnivores. This primitive predator really stands out in films and in museums ...

Let’s talk about Hatzegopteryx, the king of the skies from Romania! Discovered in the 1970s, this massive pterosaur was even bigger than the famous Quetzalcoatlus, which was once thought to be ...