Rugops
Rugops was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. It had a wrinkled, bumpy face and a delicate skull, which scientists think means it was a scavenger rather than a fierce hunter.12
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Hammam dheeraa ture?
Hammam ol-dheeraa ture?
Hammam ulfaataa ture?
akka saree 5 funyaan hanga eegeetti dheeraa๐akka muuzii 29 walitti hiriiran dheeraa๐akka habxuu 82 ulfaata๐งธakka ijoollee KG 22 ulfaata๐akka ijoollee mana barumsaa 13 ulfaata๐meetira 100 sekondii 8.2 keessatti fiiguu danda'a (namni hunda caalaa saffisaan 9.6 barbaada)SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu, Rugops hammam guddaa ture?
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Rugops is known from only a partial skull, which is about 31.5 centimetres (12.4 inches) long.2
The top of its skull had many pits and bumps, which would have supported scales and a tough, armour-like skin on its snout.2
Rows of holes in the skull may mean Rugops had a crest or some kind of display structure on its head.1
Rugops lived alongside other huge predators like Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus.2
The type specimen might have been a subadult, because its skull bones were not fully fused together.2
Rugops was one of the earliest abelisaurids, a group of horned, short-snouted theropods that lived in the southern continents.2

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Rugops baay'ee gaafataman
?How big was Rugops?
Scientists estimate Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long and weighed around 410 kilograms (900 pounds). Some earlier estimates suggested it was up to 6 metres (20 feet) long and 750 kilograms (1,650 pounds).2
?What did Rugops eat?
Rugops was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. Its delicate skull suggests it was a scavenger that fed on dead animals rather than a hunter that killed its own prey.13
?Where did Rugops live?
Rugops lived in what is now Niger, Africa, about 95 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Echkar Formation, which was a river and lake environment.2
?Did Rugops have feathers?
Nobody knows for sure. Rugops is known only from a skull, and no feathers or feather impressions have been found with it. Its skull had pits and bumps that supported scales, not feathers.2
?Why is it called Rugops?
Rugops means 'wrinkle face' in Latin and Greek. It was named for the wrinkled, bumpy texture on its skull bones.2
?Was Rugops bigger than T. rex?
No, Rugops was much smaller. Rugops was about 4.4 to 5.3 metres (14 to 17 feet) long, while T. rex was over 12 metres (40 feet) long.2
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Rugops
- Kan maqaa baase
- Sereno et al. 20044
- Garee
- Daayinoowwan foon nyaatan
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Abelisauridae4
- Ramaddii
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae4
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 100 hanga 94 (Cenomanian)4
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Echkar4
- Biyyoota
- Niijer4
- Galmee fosilii
- 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
- Argannoo
- Rugops was named in 2004 by paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team, based on a partial skull found in the Echkar Formation of Niger during an expedition funded by the National Geographic Society.2
- Ammallee falmisiisaa
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Rugops is related to other abelisaurids; some studies place it as the most primitive, while others put it in a group with several other genera.2
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- Rugops | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Rugops (en.wikipedia.org)
- Discoveries | Paul Sereno - Paleontologist | The University of Chicago (paulsereno.uchicago.edu)
- Rugops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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