Ceratosaurus s meaning `horned lizard`, in reference to the horn on its nose (Greek κερας/κερατος, keras/keratos meaning `horn` and σαυρος/sauros meaning `lizard`), was a large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian), found in the Morrison Formation of North America, and the Lou... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosaurus
• (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ceratosaurus/
large carnivorous dinosaurs whose fossils date from the Late Jurassic Period (159 million to 144 million years ago) in North America and Africa. Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/46
Cer`a·to·sau'rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ke`ras a horn + ... lizard.] (Paleon.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/46