Macroelongatoolithus carlylei

† Moros intrepidus was a small tyrannosauroid (~1m hip height) from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. Representing a critical gap in the North American tyrannosauroid fossil record, it shows that tyrannosauroids were small and gracile for most of the Cretaceous.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Macroelongatoolithus carlylei was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Macroelongatoolithus carlylei lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.