Why Did Ceratosaurus Have a Horn?

Ceratosaurus may have preyed upon plant-eating dinosaurs, although some paleontologists suggested that it hunted aquatic prey such as fish. The nasal horn was probably not used as a weapon as was originally suggested by Marsh, but more likely was used solely for display.

Is Ceratosaurus related to T rex?

Ceratosaurus, a late Jurassic dinosaur, was a large predator with bladelike fangs for eating flesh. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Ceratosaurus lived at about the same time as Allosaurus and was similar in many general respects to that dinosaur, but the two were not closely related.

What was Ceratosaurus bite force?

But Wroe believes the most formidable carnivore and biter to have ever lived was the now-extinct shark Carcharodon megalodon, otherwise known as "Big Tooth." According to his analysis, it could generate up to 18.2 tons of bite force, and was at least 30 times as heavy as today's largest great whites.