Irritator

Name: Irritator

Pronounced: irr-it-ate-or

Meaning: irritator

Type: Large Theropod

Length: 6.5m

Diet: Carnivore

Period: Early Cretaceous

Years: 112 - 99 million years ago

Location: Brazil

Description: Irritator is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period, around 110 to 100 million years ago. It was a large, bipedal carnivore, with a long snout filled with conical teeth. It had a distinctive crest on its snout, which may have been used for display or to amplify vocalizations. Irritator was discovered in Brazil and is known from a single specimen, which includes a partial skull and lower jaw. It was originally thought to be a species of the related genus Spinosaurus, but was later recognized as a distinct genus. Some paleontologists have suggested that Irritator may be a synonym of the genus Angaturama, which is based on similar fossils from the same region of Brazil.

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