Venatosaurus

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Venatosaurus
A Venatosaurus in King Kong (2005)
Alternate names Velociraptor, Raptor, Hunter Lizard
Species Venatosaurus
Height ???
Length ???
Weight ???
Forms None
Controlled by None
Relations None
Allies Other Venatosaurs
Enemies Brontosaurus
Created by Peter Jackson
Played by CGI
First appearance King Kong (2005)
Latest appearance King Kong (2005)
Design(s) None

Venatosaurus is a fictional species of dinosaur that appears in the 2005 Template:FilmC, King Kong.

Name

The name Venatosaurus means "hunter lizard"; venato being a Latin word that is an infliction of the word vēnātus, which means "hunting" or "to hunt".[1][2] The word saurus is derived from the ancient Greek word sauros (σαυροσ), meaning "lizard".

Origins

According to Peter Jackson, Venatosaurus is a descendant of Velociraptor that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and evolved isolated on Skull Island for millions of years.

History

King Kong (2005)

To be added

References

This is a list of references for Venatosaurus. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]


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