Carnotaurus a pretty fast runner?

[itstwentybelow]

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111014212405.htm

According to this article, Carnotaurus has been subjected to a study of the attachments of its caudofemoralis muscle, similar to the study recently done for T. rex. Apparently it had the largest caudofemoralis relative to its overall size of any animal, living or extinct. Makes my favorite theropod that much more awesome! ;D

[zopteryx]

Very interesting. I would guess this info supports the theory that Carnotaurus was probably an ambush predator; charging out of the trees at high speed in a straight line and dispatching its prey (or at least seriously injuring it) before the prey even knew what was going on!

One concern though: Isn't this only the second dino this study has been done on? If so, calling Carnotaurus the fastest dino relative to its size seems a little premature to me.

I'd love to see what this study means for Concavenator, Allosaurus, and Baryonyx.

[eriorguez]

Carnotaurus already had running legs anyway, expected.

Would love to see an study of this kind in Ornithomimosaurs and juvenile Tyrannosaurids, while we are at it...

[bowheadwhale]

Oct 18, 2011 19:20:00 GMT eriorguez said:

Carnotaurus already had running legs anyway, expected.

Would love to see an study of this kind in Ornithomimosaurs and juvenile Tyrannosaurids, while we are at it...

Anyway, we can be all sure that the arms of the Carnotaurus were not as strong as its legs!