User:Collector1/Sandbox/Tartarusaurus

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Template:Kaiju Infobox Comic Tartarusaurus is a large armored carnivorus quadrupedal reptile native to the coasts of Skull Island that appears in The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island.

Name

Appearance

Tartarusaurus is a large reptile with a mammalian gait, a thick tail, and a mouth full of teeth. It has a pair of crests/horns on the sides of its head that are identical in appearance to the dinosaur Carnotaurus. One each of its forelimbs is a thick sickle-shaped claw, similar to those found in dromaeosaurid dinosaurs like Velociraptor, that is used in combat between males over resources ande females.[1]

Trivia

  • Tartarusaurus was originally designed by Greg Broadmore in 2004 for the 2005 King Kong film.[2] The name "Tartarusaurus" was also used as the name for an early design of Foetodon.[3]

References

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  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SkullIsland1
  2. Taurusaurus. gregbroadmore.com
  3. (May 16, 2007) New Kongcept Falconer Artwork. Weta Workshop. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008.