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title: Saurischians
description: "Dalle origini del pianeta alle grandi estinzioni. Un viaggio attraverso 4 miliardi di anni di storia, dalle prime forme di vita dell'Adeano ai giganti del Mesozoico e oltre."
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"Lizard-hipped" Dinosaurs

## Species Profiles

![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/carnotaurus/Carnotaurus-late-cretaceous.webp)

### Carnotaurus sastrei

The Demonic Bull: Horns and Cranial Biomechanics
Two prominent bony horns above the eyes define…

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### Carcharodontosaurus

A Nightmare Armed with Serrated Blades
Picture a biological guillotine lined with the teeth of a…

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### Baryonyx

The anatomy of Baryonyx reveals an extraordinary adaptation to aquatic hunting. It drastically…

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### Suchomimus tenerensis

The False Crocodile: A Snout Out of Place
Picture a skull stretching 1.2 meters — straight,…

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### Giganotosaurus carolinii

Giganotosaurus was a surgical assassin. It stretched as long as a standard city bus and weighed as…

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### Microraptor

The Feathered Biplane of the Mesozoic Era
Picture four wings, rather than two, silhouetted against…

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### Afrovenator

The Aerodynamic Shadow of the Jurassic
The sands of Niger yielded a fossil miracle. The almost…

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### Allosaurus

The Predator's Frame: Skull and Crests
The anatomy of Allosaurus was a biological masterpiece,…

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### Compsognathus

Forget the earth-shaking giants. The true terror of the Jurassic undergrowth weighed as much as a…

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### Gasosaurus

The Anatomy of an Ambush
The skeleton of Gasosaurus points to a hunter built for explosive speed…

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### Ornithomimus

The Cretaceous dragster: legs and locomotion
The Ornithomimus was engineered to vanish. The hind…

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### Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

This animal stands as perhaps the most extraordinary carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered, sparking…

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