The Carnotaurus was a large, swift predator with horns on its skull, and its extremely powerful leg muscles allowed it to quickly close in on any prey unlucky enough to become its target. All four are meat-eating theropods ('beast feet'), and at least three are top predators.
I have it on good authority (well, from the film’s official website) that this fictional dinosaur gets cooked up by geneticists using a mix of at least four other dinosaurs: the Carnotaurus ('meat-eating bull'), the Giganotosaurus ('giant southern lizard'), the Majungasaurus ('Mahajanga lizard'), and the Rugops (the less-chilling-sounding 'wrinkle face'). Indominus rex has yet to be revealed in all of its glory on the film's official website. Apart from some leaked merchandising artwork – which incidentally revealed the dinosaur in its entirety – much about the film’s reptilian star has been kept under wraps. The publicity for the dinosaur has been intentionally ambiguous, only teasing its appearance and behaviour in the trailers. rex is here, and it already sounds like a new line of Apple products. Some of the profiles of the movie's reptilian cast were recently unveiled, but one particular dinosaur remains a bit of a mystery: the Indominus rex, a 'hybrid' dinosaur whose name means 'fierce' or 'untameable king'. So the makers of 'Jurassic World', the upcoming film featuring everyone’s favourite rampaging reptiles, wanted to up the ferocity ante when creating the film's chief dino villain.
In fact, although the Tyrannosaurus rex – meaning 'tyrant lizard' – is one of the most famous examples of the frightening predators that once roamed our planet, it did have some anatomical quirks that have puzzled scientists for decades. Rather amusingly, studies suggest that if it tripped and fell whilst running, it would crush its own skull with the force of the impact. With its adorably tiny arms, it wouldn’t stand a chance. If you’re ever feeling down, just try to imagine a T.
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