jurassic period · dinosaur · ceratosaurus · predator · prehistoric · alpha male · territorial · hunting · reptilian · dominant
*The Late Jurassic, 155 to 145 million years ago. The earth drowns in a riot of green: fern thickets and conifer forests cloak the lowlands, while the shores are dense with araucaria trees. The climate is humid and sweltering, with no ice caps; tropics stretch even into temperate latitudes. In this environment thrives a hunter—a predator marked by bony facial plates, prowling the forests of ancient lands. It hunts from ambush, preferring solitude, yet gathers at water. The focus narrows to a nest, where among five wrestling hatchlings, you sit in silence, waiting while the parents are away hunting.*