Rugops (meaning ‘wrinkle face’) is a monospecific genus of basal abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from Niger that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage, ~95 Ma) in what is now the Echkar Formation. The type and only species, Rugops primus, is known only from a partial skull. It was named and described in 2004 by Paul Sereno, Jeffery Wilson and Jack Conrad. Rugops has an estimated length of 4.4–5.3 metres (14.4–17.4 ft) and weight of 410 kilograms (900 lbs). The top of its skull bears several pits which correlates with overlaying scale and the front of the snout would have had an armour-like dermis.
species, Rugops primus, is known only from a partial skull. It was named and described in 2004 by Paul Sereno, Jeffery Wilson and Jack Conrad. Rugops has an...
from Gondwana, around 100 million years ago. However, the discovery of Rugops and other abelisaurid material from the middle of the Cretaceous in northern...
any large theropod. After analyzing the features of the newly discovered Rugops primus, Paul Sereno has postulated that many of these abelisaurid features...
to a rich dinosaur fauna. It includes Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Rugops, Bahariasaurus, Deltadromeus, Paralititan, Aegyptosaurus, and Ouranosaurus...
cuttlefish, a tree frog, a Carnotaurus, a Giganotosaurus, a Majungasaurus, and a Rugops. It debuted in Jurassic World. Indoraptor - This dinosaur was made from...
a pad also occurred in Majungasaurus but was absent in Abelisaurus and Rugops. A row of large scales did probably surround the eye, as indicated by a...
the dentary of the lower jaw, more than in any other abelisaurid except Rugops. The postcranial skeleton of Majungasaurus closely resembles those of Carnotaurus...
(P. meileyingensis, P. xinjiangensis, P. gobiensis) Rajasaurus Raptorex Rugops Significant new material of Spinosaurus Significant new material of Sinornithomimus...
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