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:Kaiju 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."

Apperance

Venatosaurus resembles a featherless dromaeosaurid dinosaur with pronated hands that appears to be slightly taller than Utahraptor, the largest discovered dromaeosaurid in real life. Despite having said to have come descended from Velociraptor, the shape of Venatosaurus' skull is closer in appearance to restorations of Deinonychus.

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)

Upon spying on the herd of Brontosaurus in a valley, a pack of Venatosaurus went in for the attack. They chased them through the valley and across the side of a mountain, and caught the attention, and gunfire, of some humans that were among their prey.

References

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