Venatosaurus
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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
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