which gave it an advantage in searching for food in its environment

Carnotaurus skin has been depicted with scales in artistic reconstructions

with sharp claws on its extremities

spending part of its time in the water but returning to land in search of of food

Citipati osmolskae Variant:Primed which gave it an advantageCitipati osmolskae is a species of theropod dinosaur belonging to the family Oviraptoridae, which lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in the Djadokhta Formation, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The name Citipati comes from a Tibetan deity, while the specific epithet "osmolskae" honors Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmlska for her contributions to the study of Asian dinosaurs.