These more complete fossils—Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, and Skorpiovenator among them—reveal abelisaurids as fierce animals, a little bit smaller than tyrannosaurs and carcharodontosaurs, but still at or near the top of the food chain. They had short, deep skulls, sometimes with stubby horns jutting out from near the eyes. The bones of the face and snout were encrusted with a rough, scarred texture, which probably supported a sheath made of keratin. They walked on two muscular legs like T. rex, but had even more pitiful arms.
