Rugops: quick facts

Rugops was an abelisaurid predator from the Late Cretaceous of what is now Niger, known mainly from a skull whose surface was marked with grooves and pits, giving it the name 'wrinkle face'. These fea

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.